Tetramorium atlante

Tetramorium atlante
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tetramorium
Species:	T. atlante
Binomial name
	Tetramorium atlante; Cagniant, 1970 Specimen Labels

This North African species is relatively rarely encountered. Although Kairouan, Tunisia (the type locality) is placed only 70 m a.s.l. Cagniant (1970, 1997) noted than T. atlante prefers mountainous habitats. Its known localities are mostly between 1600 m (material examined by Borowiec et al. (2016)) to 2300 m (Haut Atlas). Ants were collected in agricultural habitat such as farmlands, pastures, and in scrubs, luminous forests, roadsides. Preference for mountain habitats differentiates T. atlante from Tetramorium semilaeve, which, according to Borowiec et al. (2015), prefers littoral habitats located usually below 700 m a.s.l. and only occasionally reach to the elevation of just over 1000 m a.s.l. (Borowiec et al. 2016).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.816667° to 30.9°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco, Tunisia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

atlante. Tetramorium semilaeve subsp. atlantis Cagniant, 1970a: 430 (w.q.) TUNISIA.
- [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum st. punicum var. atlantis Santschi, 1918c: 155; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- [Note: T. punicum var. atlantis Cagniant, 1964: 106; unavailable name (variety proposed after 1960).]
- Borowiec, L., Galkowski & Salata, 2016: 46 (q.m.).
- Subspecies of semilaeve: Bolton, 1995b: 404; Cagniant, 1997: 98; Cagniant, 2006a: 196.
- Status as species: Borowiec, L., Galkowski & Salata, 2016: 44 (redescription).

Description

References

Abdi-Hamecha, L., Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Sadoudi, D. A.-A., Salem, S., Zazgad, I., Cagniant, H. 2021. Diversité des fourmis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) dans la forêt de Yakouren (Algérie) : Estimation de la richesse, biogéographie et taxonomie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 128(1), 61-72 (doi:10.35929/rsz.0035).
Borowiec L, Galkowski C, and S. Salata. 2015. What is Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883? (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys. 512:39–62. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.512.10006
Borowiec, L. Galkowski, C. and S. Salata. 2016. Redescription of Tetramorium atlante Cagniant, 1970, new status. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa). 66:43-52.
Cagniant, H. 1964 [1962]. Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 53: 83-118 (page 106, [T. punicum var. atlantis Cagniant, 1964: 106; unavailable name.])
Cagniant, H. 1970a [1969]. Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 105: 405-430 (page 430, worker, queen described)
Salata, S. and L. Borowiec. 2017. Species of Tetramorium semilaeve complex from Balkans and western Turkey, with description of two new species of (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw). 62:279–313 (DOI:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.2.008).