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<mods:titleid="E89ACDE8B22557098D0300CDA5AF9F9E">A taxonomic revision of seed harvester ants of the Tetramorium solidum group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Africa</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="DA59BD963EFD8A44A6B3ED55CD3F9895">Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919 - 1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, Japan. Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X 1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="CBD174889D8999D6EC6C57992A07FD13">Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919 - 1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, Japan. Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X 1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.</mods:affiliation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFA04B3BFFB5A4512A41A0F4FC0BA319"author="Forel A."box="[876,1015,1769,1795]"pageId="37"pageNumber="38"pagination="129 - 144"refId="ref30409"refString="Forel A. 1907. Fourmis d'Ethiopie recoltees par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 26: 129 - 144."type="journal article"year="1907">Forel, 1907</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFA04B3BFFB5A45128DEA150FD4AA37D"author="Forel A."box="[499,694,1869,1895]"pageId="37"pageNumber="38"pagination="129 - 144"refId="ref30409"refString="Forel A. 1907. Fourmis d'Ethiopie recoltees par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 26: 129 - 144."type="journal article"year="1907">Forel, 1907: 134</bibRefCitation>
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<figureCitationid="130A2A4FFFB5A4512DE0A1A0FAD4A3CD"box="[1229,1320,1981,2007]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="6.[189,232,1824,1850]"captionTargetBox="[189,1399,954,1804]"captionTargetId="figure@6.[189,1399,954,1804]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="Fig. 2. Body in profile showing pilosity and pubescence. A. T. dichroum Santschi, 1932 (CASENT0746320). B. T. peringueyi Arnold, 1926 (CASENT0250873). C. T. rothschildi (Forel, 1907) (CASENT0764434). D. T. clunum Forel, 1913 (CASENT0764600). E. T. galoanasum Santschi, 1910 (CASENT0915015 – Antweb, William Ericson). F. T. setuliferum Emery, 1895 (MCZ_ENT00512567). G. T. glabratum Stitz, 1923 (SAM-HYM-C024395). H. T. rufescens Stitz, 1923 (CASENT0250852). I. T. solidum Emery, 1886 (CASENT0250960)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3817362"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3817362/files/figure.png"pageId="37"pageNumber="38">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
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group because of the deep indentation on the anterior clypeal margin. Despite Bolton’s decision and our current treatment of this species as a member of the
represents a convergent evolutionary lineage and the similarities in morphology are based on a similar granivore lifestyle. However, at present, it is not possible to address this question without a molecular phylogenetic framework. This species has been recorded from
has been found nesting in red laterite soils; nests sometimes have grass husks around the entrance. Pitfall traps and hand collecting methods have been used to collect this species.