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Species: Tetramorium chefketi   Forel, 1911 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Tetramorium caespitum var. chefketi Forel, 1911f PDF: 332 (w.) TURKEY. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 20). Primary type locality: lectotype Turkey (“Bosphore européen”): Bou Youk Déré, 1910 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 20.
[Misspelled as chefteki by Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 406; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 196, and others.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925a PDF: 179.
Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 277 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 406; Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 16, 26; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 71; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 101 (in key); Csosz et al., 2007 PDF: 18 (redescription); Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 155; Borowiec et al., 2009 PDF: 379; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 28; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 20; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 548; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 56; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 26; Sharaf et al., 2012 10.1371/journal.pone.0030811 PDF: 8 (in key); Sharaf et al., 2013 PDF: 574; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 196; Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 16; Lebas et al., 2016: 386; Radchenko, 2016: 248; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 50; Bračko, 2019 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 PDF: 173.
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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Asia: Armenia, China, Georgia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
    Europe: Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Tetramorium chefketi   Csösz S., Radchenko, A. & Schulz, A., 2007, Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic Tetramorium chefketi species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1405, pp. 1-38: 5-10, (download) 5-10 21169
Tetramorium chefketi   Csösz S., Radchenko, A. & Schulz, A., 2007, Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic Tetramorium chefketi species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1405, pp. 1-38: 18-22, (download) 18-22 21169
Tetramorium chefketi   Güsten, R., Schulz, A. & Sanetra, M., 2006, Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species., Zootaxa 1310, pp. 1-35: 26, (download) 26 21095
Tetramorium chefketi   Güsten, R., Schulz, A. & Sanetra, M., 2006, Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species., Zootaxa 1310, pp. 1-35: 28, (download) 28 21095
Tetramorium chefketi   Güsten, R., Schulz, A. & Sanetra, M., 2006, Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species., Zootaxa 1310, pp. 1-35: 28, (download) 28 21095

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in mountain deciduous forest, 1 times found in sandy beach, 1 times found in village, 1 times found in beach with deciduous trees, 1 times found in beach, sandy grassland, 1 times found in coniferous forest, 1 times found in deciduous forest, 1 times found in gorge with deciduous forest, 1 times found in meadow, 1 times found in open rocks with grass & lichens.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 6 times under stone, 1 times under small stone, 1 times roadside, 1 times on trunk of Juniperus, 1 times nest in sand, 1 times ground nest, 1 times ground foragers.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 5 times search, 1 times hand-searching.

Elevations: collected from 2 - 887 meters, 433 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1947-04-05 00:00:00.0 and 2022-07-15 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: Lectotype of Tetramorium chefketi: casent0909100; Lectotype of Tetramorium caespitum sarkissiani: casent0909102; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Tetramorium caespitum caespitum turcomanicum: casent0904811



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