Tetramorium schmidti (Forel)

Type location Israel (Tetramorium caespitum var schmidti, Forel, 1904c: 15, worker; Karavaiev, 1912a: 14, queen [unavailable]; raised to species Aktaç, 1977: 123 - simple use of name and note on Turkish specimens) Jerusalem.

Forel's (1904c) description is at .

Egypt records - Wheeler & Mann (1916) from Wadi Feran, Sinai.

The photomontage of a cotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909103.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium schmidti B Taylor det.

Egypt M James 2002

iii.2002 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E

St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m 3 specimens on each card

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The photomontage is of workers from the Sinai Desert, Egypt, St Katherine Protectorate; collector Mike James.