Species: Tetramorium meridionale

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870 PDF: 198 (w.q.) ITALY. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 458; Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 32.

Revived status as species: Emery, 1909f PDF: 705; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 74.

See also: Sanetra et al., 1999 PDF: 325.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Europe: Italy, Spain
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: 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

Tetramorium meridionaleHNS

gyne (Fig. 10): Italy, Sardegna, Prov. Sassari, Lago di Coghinas

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Descampado, 1 times found in Prado altamontaña, 1 times found in car park with trees, 1 times found in maquis shrubland, 1 times found in open mediterranean meadow.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times under stone, 1 times Nido bajo piedra, 1 times on ground, 1 times nbp.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times Hand, 3 times search.

Elevations: collected from 150 - 990 meters, 374 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1874-09-20 and 2017-05-21

Type specimens: syntype of Tetramorium meridionale: casent0904831

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Species: Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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