Contents Miscellaneous ants - Iran
SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Tetramorium
Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus)

Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus)

return to listIran list {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Europe (Formica caespitum, Linnaeus, 1758: 581, worker; Latreille, 1798: 50, queen & male; Mayr, 1861: 62, queen & male) - no images on Antweb (August 2015)
junior synonyms
fusca (Formica fusca, Leach, 1825: 290, queen & male; synonymy Dalla Torre, 1893: 132) from France - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
fuscula (Formica fuscula, Nylander, 1846a: 935, illustrated, all forms; synonymy F Smith, 1851: 118) from Finland - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
hammi (Donisthorpe, 1915d: 178, worker; synonymy Bolton, 1995: 408) from Gt Britain - see below
himalayanum (Viehmeyer, 1914c: 38, all forms; synonymy Radchenko, 1992b: 50) from India - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904814
immigrans (Santschi, 1927a: 54, worker; synonymy, Bolton, 1979: 171) from Chile - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913997
indocile (Santschi, 1927a: 53, all forms; synonymy, Radchenko, 1992: 50) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
modesta (Foerster, 1850a: 49, worker; synonymy Curtis, 1854: 215; Mayr, 1855: 246) from Germany - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
transbaicanense (Ruszky, 1936: 93 [unavailable], worker; synonymy Radchenko, 1992b: 50 - in Russian) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
transversinodis (J Enzmann, 1946b: 47, illustrated, worker; synonymy Brown, 1949a: 47 [unavailable]) from USA - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
subspecies
alternans (Santschi, 1929e: 150, worker) from Morocco - see https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=casent0913999
barabense (Ruzsky, 1925a: 288, worker) from Russia - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
caespitomoravicum (Kratochvil, in Novak & Sadil, 1941: 86, in key) from Slovakia - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
flavidulum (T. caespitum caespitum L. var. flavidula n. Emery, 1909d: 702; Emery, 1922f: 276, worker) from Turkey, Mersina, Asia Minor - see below.
japonicum (Röszler, 1936a: 121, worker & queen) from Japan - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
oxyomma (Karaviaev, 1912a: 13, all forms) from Algeria - now under Tetramorium biskrensis - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0915000
pallidum (Stitz, 1934: 2, worker) from China - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
penninum (Santschi, 1927a: 54, worker) from Switzerland - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
rhodium (T. caespitum ssp caespitum var rhodia, Emery, 1915h: 3, worker; Emery, 1922f: 277) from Greece; raised to species Csosz, Radchenko & Schulz (2007) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904812
typicum (Ruzsky, 1902c: 14, all forms) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
HNS 3622: Santschi, F. 1927. A propos du Tetramorium caespitum L. Fol. Myrmecol. Termitol. 1, 53-58.
Unavailable names
fusciclava (T. caespitum caespitum var. fusciclava n., Emery, 1925c: 187, worker) Italy, Rimini, C. Emery - see below.


{Tetramorium caespitum}Linnaeus's (1758) description is at {original description}. Emery (1925) gave an analysis of the then known forms of T. caespitum, this is at {original description}. Perusal of that shows a confused mess of the many forms and I am not attempting any analysis, simply giving the examples below of specimens of T. caespitum s.l.  and flavidulum as collected in Iran.


{Tetramorium caespitum}The photomontage of a syntype of fusciclava, synonymized in Bolton (1995: 408), is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904802.


{Tetramorium caespitum}The photomontage of a syntype of hammi, synonymized in Bolton (1995: 408), is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901252.


{Tetramorium caespitum fusciclava}The photomontage of the lectotype of flavidula, synonymized in Bolton (1995: 408), is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904803.


{Tetramorium caespitum}Bolton (1979: 171) gave a short illustrated description from North American specimens; this is at {original description}.


Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
O Paknia
ZMGU 1354

viii.2004
Gonbad
37.5833333 N
46.9333333

3
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
O Paknia
ZMGU 523

xi.2004
Miankaleh
36°52' N
53°45' E

4
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
O Paknia
ZMGU 545

xi.2004
Miankaleh
36°52' N
53°45' E

7
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
O Paknia
ZMGU 1401

xi.2004
Miankaleh
36°52' N
53°45' E

2
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
S Moradloo
17
29.vi.2013
36.71°N 
47.72°E

2
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
M Safariyan
19
2.vii.2014
35.14755°N
47.78202°E
Sarab Lake
1900 m
pitfall trap; edge of grassland
1
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum flavidulum
B Taylor det.
Iran
M Safariyan
20
5.ii.2014
36.10902°N
47.55669°E
Bijar Protected area
1533 m
pitfall trap; wayside
1
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
M Ghatei
63
22.vi.2014
37.13°N
49.19°E
37 m
Fuman, Guilan
hand collected
park, on ground
1115h
1
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
R Afshari
66
17.v.2014
31.40°N
51.49°E
2627 m
Vanak, Semirom, Isfahan
hand collected
city, cemetry
1530h
1
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum fusciclava
B Taylor det.
Iran
M Ghatei
45
16.v.2015
37.31°N
49.70°E
64 m
Rezvanshahr, Guilan
hand collected
forest, on tree
1232h
1
{album}
Tetramorium caespitum
B Taylor det.
Iran
M Ghatei
64
5.v.2015
37.10°N
49.42°E
34 m
Sangar, Guilan
hand collected
city, on ground
1540h
1
{album}

{Tetramorium caespitum}The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, Gonbad, collector Omid Paknia (ZMGU 1354). Apart from the darker colour, this appears very similar, including in size to the fusciclava above, which Emery, merely describing it as a variety, probably thought was very close to the type form.


{Tetramorium caespitum}The photomontage is of a second slightly smaller worker from Iran, collector Paknia (ZMGU 545).


{Tetramorium caespitum}The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, Mahneshan, collector S Moradloo (17).


{Tetramorium caespitum flavidulum}The photomontage is of a flavidulum worker from Iran, Bijar Protected area, collector M Safariyan (20).

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