Species: Tetramorium alternans

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Tetramorium caespitum var. alternans Santschi, 1929e PDF: 150 (w.) MOROCCO. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 10). Primary type locality: lectotype Morocco: Rabat, iv.1928 (Otin). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 10.

Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 11 (q.m.)

Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Bolton, 1995b: 404; Cagniant, 1997: 94; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 196.

Status as species: Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 27; Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 10 (redescription); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 194.

Senior synonym of Tetramorium biskrense kahenae: Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 10

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Specimen Habitat Summary

Collect Date Range: collected between 1913-05-01 00:00:00.0 and 1928-08-01 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: Lectotype of Tetramorium caespitum alternans: casent0913999; Lectotype of Tetramorium caespitum immigrans: casent0913995; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Tetramorium caespitum biskrense kahenae: casent0904815, casent0913993

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