Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6422562 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B59A00-FFC3-FF92-6BB0-FAE4FCC0F940 |
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Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911 |
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Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
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Tetramorium caespitum var. chefketi Forel, 1911:332 . Raised to species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987: 56. Senior synonym of Tetramorium turcomanicum: Csõsz, Radchenko & Schulz, 2007: 18 View in CoL .
This species was recorded from Saudi Arabia ( Collingwood, 1985), Oman and Yemen ( Collingwood and Agosti, 1996). Outside Arabia, it has been reported from several parts of the Palaearctic region including southern Europe ( Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania), southern Ukraine, south of western Russia, northwestern Caucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, northern Kazakhstan, southeastern Siberia, to the east to Kyrgyzstan and Altai Mountains ( Csõsz et al., 2007). At Rawdhat Khorim this species is relatively common and observed foraging on Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. f) Wight & Arn. ( Rhamnaceae ). The species has two abundance peaks, in June and November. It was collected using pitfall traps and beating vegetation.
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Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2013 |
Tetramorium caespitum var. chefketi
Csosz, S. & Radchenko, A. & Schulz, A. 2007: 18 |
Agosti, D. & Collingwood, C. A. 1987: 56 |
Forel, A. 1911: 332 |