Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Tetrogmus caldarius Roger, 1857 PDF: 12 (w.q.) POLAND. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (number not stated). Primary type locality: Poland: Rauden (= Rudy, nr Racibórz, Upper Silesia), in Ananashause. [In hothouse.] Primary type depositories: BMNH, MNHU ?
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Junior synonym of
Tetramorium simillimum:
Roger, 1862c PDF: 297;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 27;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 456;
André, 1874c: 203 (in list);
Mayr, 1876 PDF: 98;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 467;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 134;
Forel, 1895b PDF: 126;
Wheeler, 1908a PDF: 143;
Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 174;
Arnold, 1917 PDF: 326;
Wheeler, 1919d: 274;
Wheeler, 1919f PDF: 91;
Wheeler, 1922: 904;
Emery, 1924f PDF: 279;
Menozzi & Russo, 1930 PDF: 161;
Kempf, 1972b PDF: 250;
Pisarski, 1975: 26;
Bolton, 1977 PDF: 131.
Status as species:
Meinert, 1861 PDF: 331;
Roger, 1861b PDF: 172;
Bolton, 1979 PDF: 169 (redescription);
Bolton, 1980 PDF: 310 (redescription);
Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 263;
Taylor, 1987a PDF: 78;
Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 97;
Brandão, 1991 PDF: 381;
Bolton, 1995b: 405;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 334;
Cagniant, 1997: 91;
Radchenko et al., 1998: 111;
Deyrup et al., 2000: 298;
Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 68;
Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 47;
Collingwood et al., 2004 PDF: 481;
Wetterer & Wetterer, 2004 PDF: 215;
Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 196;
Gómez & Espadaler, 2006 PDF: 231;
Wetterer et al., 2007 PDF: 31;
Wetterer et al., 2007 PDF: 27;
Bharti & Kumar, 2012b 10.3897/zookeys.207.3040 PDF: 21 (redescription);
Czechowski et al., 2012: 183;
Sarnat & Economo, 2012 PDF: 139;
Sharaf et al., 2012 10.1371/journal.pone.0030811 PDF: 8 (in key);
Hita Garcia et al., 2013 PDF: 217;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 196;
Ramage, 2014 PDF: 168;
Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 122;
Wetterer & Hita Garcia, 2015 PDF: 93;
Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 45;
Lebas et al., 2016: 380;
Wetterer et al., 2016 PDF: 20;
Agavekar et al., 2017 10.7717/peerj.3800 PDF: 9;
Sharaf et al., 2017 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157 PDF: 38;
Deyrup, 2017: 151;
Sharaf et al., 2018 10.20362/am.010004 PDF: 32;
Wagner et al., 2018 10.1038/s41598-018-30890-z PDF: 4 (in list);
Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 827;
Lubertazzi, 2019 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF: 191;
Sharaf et al., 2022 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925 PDF: 77.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Cameroon,
Canary Islands,
Cape Verde,
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Egypt,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Macaronesia,
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Morocco,
Namibia,
Nigeria,
Reunion,
Rwanda,
Saint Helena,
South Africa,
South Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda Americas: Barbados,
Bermuda,
Brazil,
Colombia,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Galapagos Islands,
Guadeloupe,
Haiti,
Mexico,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
United States Asia: India,
Indonesia,
Oman,
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen Europe: Balearic Islands,
Germany,
Monaco,
Poland,
Portugal,
Spain,
United Kingdom Oceania: Fiji,
Hawaii,
Norfolk Island Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Afrotropical,
Australasia,
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)
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Tetramorium caldarium |
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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 |
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Tetramorium caldarium |
stat. rev.
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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 |
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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, 1 times found in wadi, dry sandy riverbed, 5 times found in Garden, 2 times found in Open Miombo Woodland, 5 times found in pondoland coastal plateau, 4 times found in urban/garden, 3 times found in Secondary Forest, ...
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, 3 times Forrajeando, 4 times sour grassland, 1 times recruiting to bait, 3 times Mantella viridis, stomach contents, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 17 times Pitfall trap, 2 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 12 times Hand, 4 times Winkler bag extraction leaf litter, 1 times H, 3 times Hand collected, 2 times Pitfall trap, 5 days, 1 times Bait, 1 times Hummus Bait, 1 times lite trap, 1 times search, ...
Elevations: collected from 5 - 2330 meters, 561 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1935-07-17 00:00:00.0 and 2021-10-20 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Not Provided: casent0126209, casent0126210, casent0126211
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
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