Tetramorium alternans Santschi, 2006

Güsten, R., Schulz, A. & Sanetra, M., 2006, Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species., Zootaxa 1310, pp. 1-35 : 27

publication ID	21095
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B17A7DB9-DBB5-4E56-B313-0A202A75BFAC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6259161
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5398FA8F-4011-BA53-4736-D5FF360748C5
treatment provided by	Thomas
scientific name	Tetramorium alternans Santschi
status	nov. stat.

Treatment

Tetramorium alternans Santschi HNS , 1929 nov. stat.

Tetramorium caespitum v. alternans Santschi HNS , 1929

Cagniant (1997), treating this taxon as a subspecies of T. caespitum HNS , cites records from diverse sites throughout Morocco. We have recently procured further samples, including the first known gyne ( Morocco, Middle Atlas, Reg. Meknes, in CAS) , and regard it as a good species which may occur throughout the Maghreb. Some specimens from Tunisia (in NHMB) are very similar , as are workers from the northeastern mountains of Teneriffa .