Tetramorium chefketi Forel

Iran list Type location Turkey (Tetramorium caespitum L. var. Chefketi n. var, Forel, 1911d: 332; synonymy by Csösz, Radchenko & Schulz, 2007: 18) Bou Youk Dere, European Bosphorus - see below.
Junior synonyms
taurocacasicum (Tetramorium taurocaucasicum Arnold'i, 1968: 1813, all forms from Ukraine - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
sarkissiani (Tetramorium caespitum L. var. Sarkissiani n. var, Forel, 1911d: 332) - no images on Antweb (September 2015)
turcomanicum (Tetramorium caespitum stirps turcomanica n. var, Santschi, 1921a: 111 (name only, queen and workers from Angora; first available use of Tetramorium caespitum caespitum var. turcomanica n., Emery, 1909b: 702) Dschilarik, Turkestan - see below.

Forel's (1911d) description, with sarkssiani is at - . Emery (1909b) is at - . The Csösz, Radchenko & Schulz (2007: 18) revision is at - .

The photomontage of a worker from the type collection is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909100.

The photomontage of a type worker of turkomanica is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904811.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium chefketi B Taylor det.	Iran Abolfathi 41	07.viii.2014 33.926632°N 48.741826°E 1654 m	Andishe Town, Borujerd City	2
Tetramorium chefketi B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 33	28.iv.2014 37°4724 N 49°4587 E -22 m	Anzali hand collected city park, soil, 1200h	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran; collector G Abolfathi (41).

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran; collector F Borjali (40).