Published December 31, 1979 | Version v1
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Tetramorium simillimum

Description

Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, 1851)

Myrmica simillima Smith, 1851:118.

Workers and queen. Weakly sculptured, pale red much smaller than T. guineense. Length of worker: 1.6-2 mm, queen: 2.2-2.5 mm. Male. Light yellowish red; occiput rounded. Length: 2.5 mm.

Biology. This cosmopolitan species occasionally occurs in heated glasshouses in Europe and has been recorded from Denmark and also on several occasions in England.

Notes

Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on page 85

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Tetramorium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
simillimum
Taxon rank
species