Species: Tetramorium forte

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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.

Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Forel, 1905e PDF: 173; Ruzsky, 1905b: 534; Santschi, 1910e PDF: 650; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 171; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 108; Emery, 1924f PDF: 276; Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 88 (in key); Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 37; Röszler, 1935 PDF: 74; Röszler, 1937d PDF: 201; Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl et al., 1944 PDF: 70; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 233 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 138.

Subspecies of Tetramorium ferox: Santschi, 1936c PDF: 203.

Status as species: Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 71, 86 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 277 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c PDF: 420; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 202; López, 1991a: 31; Radchenko, 1992a PDF: 46 (in key); Radchenko, 1992b PDF: 51; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 408; Cagniant, 1997: 95; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 31; Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 5 (redescription); Petrov, 2006 PDF: 73, 100 (in key); Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 151; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 144; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 497; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 57; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 21; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 56; Nezhad et al., 2012 PDF: 70; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 198; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 136; Lebas et al., 2016: 386.

Senior synonym of Tetramorium hispanicum: Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 5; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 497.

Senior synonym of Tetramorium maroccanum: Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 5.

Senior synonym of Tetramorium ruginode: Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 5.

Senior synonym of Tetramorium maurum tingitanum: Güsten et al., 2006 PDF: 5.

// 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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Species: Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904

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