Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Else, George R., Bolton, Barry & Broad, Gavin R., 2016, Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 8050-8050 : 8050

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050

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scientific name

Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL View at ENA

Formica caespitum Linnaeus, 1758

fusca (Leach, 1825, Formica )

fuscula (Nylander, 1846, Myrmica )

modesta (Foerster, 1850, Myrmica )

himalayanum Viehmeyer, 1914

hammi Donisthorpe, 1915

immigrans Santschi, 1927

indocile Santschi, 1927

transbaicalense Ruzsky, 1936

transversinodis (Enzmann, 1946, Myrmica )

fusciclavum Consani & Zngheri, 1952

jiangxiense Wang & Xiao, 1988

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

Tetramorium caespitum s.l. is now recognised as comprising several species but the species present in Britain is apparently the true caespitum , at least on the basis of specimens from southern England ( Schlick-Steiner et al. 2006).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Tetramorium