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species
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Tetramorium tonganum
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Japanese Name
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Nanyou-shiwa-ari
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Original Reference
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Mayr, G. (1870) Neue Formiciden. Verhandlungen der k. k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 20: 939-996.
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Description
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Total length of workers around 2.5 mm. Body color yellow to yellowish brown from head to postpetiole; gaster dark brown. Antennae 12-segmented. Anterior margin of clypeus without median notch. Propodeal spines dentiform, directed upward. Petiole with short peduncle and rounded node. Sculpture rugulose.
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Remarks
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In Japan known only from the Ogasawara Islands.
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Distribution
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Ogasawara Is; SE Asia, New Guinea, Oceania.
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Editor
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Original text by Kazuo Ogata and Keiichi Onoyama. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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