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Species: Tetramorium forte   Forel, 1904 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Tetramorium caespitum var. forte Forel, 1904c PDF: 371 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 6). Primary type locality: lectotype France: Alberon, Camargum. Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 41 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: IEUB, MHNG, MSNG, NHMB. Type notes: Crimean and Transcaucasian material mentioned in original description was excluded from type series, as misidentifications, by Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 12. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 6.
[Misspelled as jorte by Ruzsky, 1905b: 534.]
[Misspelled as fortel by Radchenko, 1992b PDF: 51.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1909f PDF: 701; Santschi, 1921e PDF: 170; Emery, 1925a PDF: 179; Röszler, 1937d PDF: 206.
// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Algeria, Morocco
    Europe: Balearic Islands, France, Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Distribution Notes:

South European part of former USSR, Crimea Caucasus in Europe Romania, former Czechoslovakia, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria

Biology:

nesting in dry warm habitats

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Tetramorium forte   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: 27, (download) 27 21095
Tetramorium forte   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: 2, (download) 2 21095
Tetramorium forte   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: 5-26, (download) 5-26 21095
Tetramorium forte   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: 2 times found in Ruderal, 3 times found in Campo de labranza, 1 times found in Al lado del embalse (<1m), 1 times found in Bosque Quercus pyrenaica, 2 times found in Pinar, 1 times found in Aceras y cesped, 1 times found in Sandy soil, 1 times found in Urbano, 1 times found in Borde carretera, en jardín, 1 times found in Erial, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times Nest open in soil, 1 times Bajo piedra, nido, 1 times Bajo piedra, 2 times Sobre Daucus carota, 1 times Foraging, 1 times Correteando en pista de baloncesto, 1 times correteando, 1 times Sobre Gramineae, 1 times Sobre Fragaria vesca, 1 times Open nest, 1 times Nido, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 21 times Hand, 1 times search.

Elevations: collected from 30 - 2250 meters, 831 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1894-06-01 00:00:00.0 and 2016-06-19 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: Lectotype of Tetramorium forte: casent0911249; Lectotype of Tetramorium maurum tingitanum: casent0911252; syntype of Tetramorium forte: casent0909101; type of Tetramorium caespitum ruginode: focol2023, focol2024, focol2067, focol2068; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Tetramorium caespitum caespitum hispanicum: casent0904805; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Tetramorium caespitum ferox marocanum: casent0915010; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Tetramorium caespitum maurum tingitanum: casent0915029



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