''Tetramorium hispidum'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

in the subfamily

Myrmicinae Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and ...

. ''Tetramorium hispidum'' differs from similar ants in the

subfamily by the structure surrounding the ant's antennal insertions. Short, stubble-like hairs exist on the

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ea ...

and frontal

carinae ''Carinae'' was an area of ancient Rome. It was one of its most exclusive neighborhoods, where many of the senatorial class lived. Florus described the ''Carinae'' as the "''most celebrated part of the city''" (''celeberrima pars urbis''). Des ...

. The antenna of'' Tetramorium hispidum'' contains 11 segments. Tetramorium hispidum casent0000318 head 1.jpg Tetramorium hispidum casent0000318 dorsal 1.jpg

References

* Hansson C, Lachaud J, Pérez-Lachaud G (2011). "Entedoninae wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in tropical America, with new species and notes on their biology". ''ZooKeys'' 134: 62–82. hispidum Insects described in 1915 {{ant-stub