Tetramorium hispidum is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae.See:- - Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.- "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.- Ward, P.S. (2007). "Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants", Zootaxa 1668 549–563- - Bolton, B., Alpert, G., Ward, S. Naskrecki, P. (2007). A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758–2005- Riley, Edward G., Clark, Shawn M., and Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles", Insecta Mundi. 176. Tetramorium hispidum differs from similar ants in the Myrmicinae subfamily by the structure surrounding the ant's antennal insertions. Short, stubble-like hairs exist on the pronotum and frontal carinae. The antenna of Tetramorium hispidum contains 11 segments.
References
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