Tetramorium schaufussii, Forel, 1891

Francisco Hita Garcia, T. T. & Fisher, Brian L., 2011, 3039, Zootaxa 3039, pp. 1-72 : 56-58

Tetramorium schaufussii species group

Diagnosis

Eleven-segmented antennae; anterior clypeal margin medially impressed; frontal carinae variable; anterior face of mesosoma only weakly developed and rounding onto the dorsum; margination between lateral and dorsal mesosoma weak; propodeal spines triangular and short to absent; propodeal lobes triangular and short; petiolar node in profile rounded high nodiform, rarely weakly antero-posteriorly compressed, anterior and posterior faces of the node roughly parallel, and all sides rounding smoothly onto the dorsal face without distinct angles, in profile much higher than long, in dorsal view mostly as wide as long; postpetiole roughly rounded; mandibles usually unsculptured, smooth, and shiny; cephalic sculpturation distinct and predominantly longitudinally rugose; mesosoma with distinct sculpturation; waist segments and gaster unsculptured, smooth, and shiny; all dorsal surfaces of head, mesosoma, and waist segments with sparse to abundant long, fine hairs; first gastral tergite usually with scattered to dense, appressed to decumbent pubescence, rarely absent; often pubescence mixed with standing medium-sized pilosity; sting appendage spatulate.