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Taxonomic history
photo © Philip Herbst, Welgemoed, Cape Town
Found most commonly in these habitats: 31 times found in grassland, 9 times found in Pediment grassland, 2 times found in Urban garden in grassland, 3 times found in Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, 3 times found in Pediment savanna, 2 times found in Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, 2 times found in Lydenburgia - Euclea Open Woodland (in Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld), 1 times found in Acacia Closed Woodland (in Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld), 1 times found in Algoa Dune Strandveld / Southern Cape Dune Fynbos mozaic, 1 times found in Rand Highveld Grassland, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 9 times leaf litter.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 31 times Pitfall trap, 14 times Winkler, 16 times Hand collected.
Elevations: collected from 23 - 1739 meters, 1353 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1912-11-03 and 2016-02-13
Type specimens: syntype of Tetramorium mossamedense: casent0909149; syntype of Tetramorium pusillum mossamedense tristis: casent0915032; type of Tetramorium caespitum subsp. schultzei: focol2071
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