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Species: Tetramorium depressum   Forel, 1892 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Tetramorium caespitum r. depressum Forel, 1892g PDF: 455 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is). Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Emery, 1893e PDF: 84 (q.m.).
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1909f PDF: 704; Forel, 1913d PDF: 431; Santschi, 1918c PDF: 156; Santschi, 1921b PDF: 429; Emery, 1924f PDF: 277; Emery, 1925a PDF: 182; Wheeler, 1927g PDF: 111; Wellenius, 1955 PDF: 11; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190.
Status as species: Espadaler, 2007 PDF: 121; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 197.
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Distribution:

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

Distribution Notes:

Canary Islands

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Salines, 1 times found in Ruderal.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times Nest on bush roots, 1 times Nest under stone, 1 times Foraging.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 19 times Pitfall, 6 times Subterr. Trap, 1 times Hand, 1 times Yellow Trap.

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1377 meters, 762 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1900-01-29 and 2016-11-08

Type specimens: syntype of Tetramorium caespitum semilaeve guancha: casent0915048; syntype of Tetramorium caespitum semilaeve palmense: casent0913751; syntype of Tetramorium depressum: casent0909107



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