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Species: Tetramorium smithi   Mayr, 1879 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879 PDF: 673 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal). Indomalaya. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: India: Calcutta (Rothney). Primary type depositories: BMNH, NHMW. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Viehmeyer, 1916a PDF: 139; Emery, 1924f PDF: 288.
Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1977 PDF: 90.
Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 135; Forel, 1903a PDF: 702; Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903 PDF: 188; Emery, 1924f PDF: 288; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 180; Bolton, 1977 PDF: 90 (redescription); Onoyama, 1980a PDF: 195; Morisita et al., 1992: 35; Xu & Zheng, 1994 PDF: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 82; Tiwari, 1999 PDF: 65; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000 PDF: 310; Zhou, 2001a PDF: 103; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 135; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005 PDF: 44; Wetterer, 2006 PDF: 415; Clouse, 2007b PDF: 257; Framenau & Thomas, 2008 PDF: 76; Terayama, 2009 PDF: 162; Pfeiffer et al., 2011 PDF: 54; Bharti & Kumar, 2012b 10.3897/zookeys.207.3040 PDF: 30 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 57; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 47; Jaitrong et al., 2016 PDF: 40; Agavekar et al., 2017 10.7717/peerj.3800 PDF: 9; Rasheed et al., 2019 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330 PDF: 434; Dias et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF: 96; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF: 135; Yamane et al., 2022 10.3897/zookeys.1084.69767 PDF: 56; Wang et al., 2022 10.20362/am.015006 PDF: 111.

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Asia: Bangladesh, Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
    Oceania: Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Niue
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Indomalaya, Oceania

Distribution Notes:

India, Japan, Vietnam

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in mixed deciduous forest, 1 times found in palm plantation, 1 times found in rice paddies, 1 times found in village garden, 1 times found in in weedy roadside.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times on ground, 1 times litter sample, 1 times ground nest, 1 times folded leaves on trees and shrubs.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times search.

Elevations: collected from 20 - 242 meters, 117 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1995-11-26 00:00:00.0 and 2014-01-07 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Tetramorium smithi: casent0901108, casent0919654; syntype of Tetramorium simillimum laevinode: casent0909118; syntype of Tetramorium smithi kanariense: casent0909189



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