Tetramorium grassii Emery

Type location South Africa (Tetramorium Grassii, n. sp., Emery, 1895h: 37, worker; Mayr, 1901b: 25, queen) Cape Town - see below
junior synonyms
algoa (T. Joffrei, Forel, var. Algoa n.v., Arnold, 1917: 304, worker & queen; synonymy Bolton, 1980: 262) South Africa, Port Elizabeth, H Brauns - see below
joffrei (Tetramorium Joffrei, n. sp., Forel, 1914d: 228, worker & queen; synonymy Bolton, 1980: 262) South Africa, Durban, Natal, G Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0901184
laevigatum (T. Grassii Em. var. laevigatum n.v., Mayr, 1901b: 25, worker; synonymy Bolton, 1980: 262) South Africa, Port Elisabeth - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0901183
simulans (Tetramorium grassi Em., var. simulans n. var., Santschi, 1914e: 24, worker; synonymy Bolton, 1980: 262) South Africa, Natal, Richmond, 25.iii.1905, Traegardh - see  http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0915018
Worker & queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Note - Bolton's (1995: 411) listing of "mayri" (Emery, 1922f: 281, queen) is an error - what appears in Emery is - "T. ? Mayr, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien. Vol. 16, p. 25 (1901) queen".

Emery's (1895h) description is at . Arnold (1917: 304) gave an illustrated translation, this is at . Mayr's (1901b) description of laevigatum is at . Forel's (1914d) description of the worker & queen, and of joffrei is at . Arnold's (1917: 304) description of algoa and translation of joffrei is at . Santschi's (1914e) description of simulans is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.0-4.1 mm (Bolton, 1980: 262, illustrated).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904843

The photomontage of a syntype worker of jaffrei algoa is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901185

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium grassii B Taylor det.	South Africa Peter Hlavác	2004 Cape Town	Botanical gardens	3
Tetramorium grassii B Taylor det.	South Africa Peter Hlavác	25-26.i.2004 Grootvadersbosch 33°59.39' S 20°48.32' E	Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R., S  E ; 350 m	5
Tetramorium grassii B Taylor det.	South Africa Peter Hlavác	29.i.2004 Tsitikamma 33°59.3' S 23°32.8' E	Western Cape, Knysna env., sea level; from coastal forest	1
Tetramorium grassii B Taylor det.	South Africa Peter Hlavác	7-8.ii.2004 St Lucia 32°24.3' S 28°23.2' E	Kwazulu, Natal, St. Lucia, sea level	1
Tetramorium grassii B Taylor det.	South Africa Peter Hlavác	10-11.ii.2004 Mpumalanga 25°13' S 30°37' E	Sable env., 1200 m	1

The photomontage is of a worker from South Africa; Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R.; collector Peter Hlavác. 

The photomontage is of specimens from South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna env. (Tsitikamma); collector Peter Hlavác.

The photogmontage is of a queen from South Africa, Mpumalanga; collectior Peter Hlavác.