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Species: Tetramorium caldarium   (Roger, 1857) 

Classification:
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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2020)

Tetrogmus caldarius Roger, 1857 PDF: 12 (w.q.) POLAND. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Meinert, 1861: 331 (m.).
Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1979 PDF: 169.
Junior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum: Roger, 1862c PDF: 297.
Revived from synonymy: Bolton, 1979 PDF: 169.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium hemisi, Tetramorium minutum: Bolton, 1979 PDF: 169; of Tetramorium transformans: Bolton, 1980 PDF: 310.
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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Macaronesia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
    Americas: Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, United States
    Asia: India, Indonesia, Oman, Saudi Arabia
    Europe: Poland, Portugal, Spain
    Oceania: Fiji, Hawaii
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceania, Palearctic
  Native to (according to species list records):
    Afrotropical bioregion

Distribution Notes:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Bolton 1980

Biology:

Colectada en la zona árida de la isla Floreana.

Notes:

Caste of types: (w)

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Tetramorium caldarium   Espadaler, X., 2007, The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands)., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80, pp. 113-127: 121, (download) 121 21278
Tetramorium caldarium stat. rev.  Bolton, B., 1979, The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 38, pp. 129-181: 169-170, (download) 169-170 6435

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in spiny forest/thicket, 2 times found in Rocky brush along wash, 7 times found in Jardin, 2 times found in Closed Miombo Woodland, 5 times found in Garden, 5 times found in Savannah, 1 times found in wadi, dry sandy riverbed, 4 times found in urban/garden, 2 times found in Open Miombo Woodland, 5 times found in pondoland coastal plateau, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 10 times ground forager(s), 4 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 3 times 0, 6 times leaf litter, 1 times ex rot pocket, 4 times ground nest, 4 times ex rotten log, 4 times sour grassland, 3 times Forrajeando, 1 times recruiting to bait, 3 times Mantella viridis, stomach contents, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 17 times Pitfall trap, 15 times Hand, 2 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 10 times Winkler, 4 times Winkler bag extraction leaf litter, 1 times H, 3 times Hand collected, 2 times Pitfall trap, 5 days, 1 times hand collecting, 1 times search, 1 times Bait, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1949 meters, 492 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1935-07-17 and 2019-11-08

Type specimens:



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