Tetramorium exasperatum

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Tetramorium exasperatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: T. exasperatum
Binomial name
Tetramorium exasperatum
Emery, 1891

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

In both localities ants were found under big stone inside the bright cork oak forest (Borowiec & Salata, 2014). Cagniant (1997) noted that in Morocco this species was collected in clearings and borders of forests, pastures and steppe. Guillem & Bensusan (2009) recorded it in woodland close to well known “The Mount” gardens and in rocky, high maquis.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.816667° to 30.866667°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Gibraltar (type locality), Morocco (type locality), Spain, Tunisia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Paratype of Tetramorium parvioculum. Worker. Specimen code casent0901053. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • exasperatum. Tetramorium caespitum r. exasperatum Emery, 1891b: 3 (w.q.) TUNISIA. Cagniant, 1997: 92 (m.). Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 133. Senior synonym of zahrae: Cagniant, 1997: 92; of acutiseta, parvioculum: Borowiec & Salata, 2014: 521. See also: Emery, 1909d: 705.
  • acutiseta. Tetramorium exasperatum var. acutiseta Santschi, 1921d: 72 (w.q.) MOROCCO. [Also described as new by Santschi, 1923f: 334.] Junior synonym of exasperatum: Borowiec & Salata, 2014: 521.
  • parvioculum. Tetramorium parvioculum Guillem & Bensusan, 2009: 158, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.) GIBRALTAR. Junior synonym of exasperatum: Borowiec & Salata, 2014: 521.
  • zahrae. Tetramorium zahrae Santschi, 1923a: 135 (q.) MOROCCO. Junior synonym of exasperatum: Cagniant, 1997: 92.

Description

References

  • Borowiec, L. & Salata, S. 2014. Tetramorium exasperatum Emery, 1891 in Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(3):519-525.
  • Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Cagniant, H. 1997. Le genre Tetramorium au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): clé et catalogue des espèces. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N.S.) 33: 89-100 (page 92, male described)
  • Cagniant, H. 1997. Le genre Tetramorium au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): clé et catalogue des espèces. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N.S.) 33: 89-100 (page 92, Senior synonym of zahrae)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 133, Raised to species)
  • Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp. (page 3, worker, queen described)
  • Emery, C. 1909f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil IX. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 695-712 (page 705, see also)
  • Guillem, R., Bensusan, K., Reyes-López, J., Dolores Martínez, M., Carpintero, S. & Sánchez, I. 2011. Tetramorium parvioculum Guillem & Benusan, 2009 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): a new species to the ant fauna of Spain and North Africa. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48:327-328.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2014. Tetramorium exasperatum Emery, 1891 in Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(3): 519-525.
  • Cagniant H. 1997. Le genre Tetramorium au Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): clé et catalogue des espèces. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N.S.) 33: 89-100.
  • Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
  • Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines: Chalepoxenus brunneus n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Myrmicidae)." Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (n.s.)2 (1985): 141-146.
  • Cagniant, H. "Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie)." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 105 (1970): 405-430.
  • Cagniant, H. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
  • Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
  • Emery, C. "Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie." Explor. Scient. De la Tunisie Zoll. Hym. (Folleto) Paris. Imp (1891): iii + 21 pp.
  • Guillem R., K. Bensusan, J. Reyes-Lopez, M. D. Martínez Ibáñez, S. Carpintero, I. Sánchez. 2011. Tetramorium parvioculum Guillem & Bensusan, 2009 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae): a new species to the ant fauna of Spain and North Africa Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48: 327-328.
  • Guillem, R., K. Bensusan, J. Reyes-López, M. D. Martínez Ibáñez, S. Carpintero, and S. Sánchez. "Tetramorium parvioculum Guillem & Bensusan, 2009 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae): a new species to the ant fauna of Spain and North Africa." Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48 (2011): 327-328.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • López, F. "Estudio morfológico y taxonómico de los grupos de especies ibéricas del género Tetramorium Mayr, 1855." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 15 (1991): 29-52.
  • Santschi F. 1925. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espéces paléartiques EOS (Revista española de entomología) 1: 339-360.
  • Santschi, F. "Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espéces paléartiques." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 1 (1925): 339-360.
  • Santschi, F. "Messor et autres fourmis paléarctiques." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30 (1923): 317-336.
  • Santschi, F. "Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. 4ème note." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 23 (1923): 133-137.
  • Taheri A., and J. L. Reyes-Lopez. 2015. Five new records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Morocco. Journal of Insect Science 15(37): DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iev022
  • Taheri A., and J. L. Reyes-Lopez. 2015. Five new records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Morocco. Journal of Insect Science 15: 1-3.
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