Tetramorium indocile Santschi

Iran list Type location Turkestan (Tetramorium caespitum L. var. indocile n. var., Santschi, 1927a: 53, all forms; raised to species by Csösz, et al.., 2014) Semiretsche Prov., Kisil-Kija pass - see below.

Csősz, S., Wagner, H.C., Bozsó, M., Seifert, B., Arthofer, W., Schlick-Steiner, B. C., Steiner, F. M. & Pénzes, Z. 2014. Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927 stat. rev. is the proposed scientific name for Tetramorium sp. C sensu Schlick-Steiner et al. (2006) based on combined molecular and morphological evidence (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 253, 469-481.

Santschi's (1927a) description is at - .

The photomontage of a worker from the type collection is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0913998.

Note: Santschi (1927a) wrote of this - TL ca 3 mm, black or brownish black, apex of gaster and appendages more or less reddish brown. The smooth dorsum of the pedicel node is distinctive. As shown by the Iran specimen (below) the shade depends on the angle of illumination.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium indocile B Taylor det.

Iran R Afshari 46

25.iv.2015 31.06°N 51.59°E 2066 m

Komeh, Semirom, Isfahan hand collected park, under stone 1242h

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The photomontage is of a worker from Iran; collector R Afshari (46).