Tetramorium simillimum

Francisco Hita Garcia, T. T. & Fisher, Brian L., 2011, 3039, Zootaxa 3039, pp. 1-72 : 67

Tetramorium simillimum species group

Diagnosis

Twelve-segmented antennae; anterior clypeal margin entire and convex; frontal carinae variable; anterior face of mesosoma well developed with distinct anterodorsal angle separating anterior face from dorsum; margination between lateral and dorsal mesosoma usually weak; propodeal spines triangular and short to absent; propodeal lobes broad, triangular and short, more voluminous and larger than propodeal spines; petiolar node in profile nodiform, in profile higher than long, in dorsal view weakly wider than long to as wide as long, anterodorsal and posterodorsal angles well-developed and of about same height; postpetiole in profile roughly rounded; mandibles smooth to weakly and finely sculptured; cephalic sculpturation distinct and predominantly longitudinally rugose; mesosoma and waist segments with distinct sculpturation; base of first gastral tergite often weakly sculptured, rest unsculptured and smooth; all dorsal surfaces of head, mesosoma, waist segments, and first gastral tergite with sparse to abundant short, stout, and blunt standing hairs, never short, dense, and appressed; sting appendage triangular.