Tetramorium meridionale

Tetramorium meridionale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tetramorium
Species:	T. meridionale
Binomial name
Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870 Specimen Labels

Species occurring in SW Europe, from Spain to Italy (Rigato & Toni, 2011).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 46.184726° to 35.248591°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Italy (type locality), Malta, Spain.

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• meridionale. Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870: 198 (w.q.) ITALY. Subspecies of caespitum: Emery & Forel, 1879: 458; Ruzsky, 1902d: 32. Revived status as species: Emery, 1909d: 705; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 74. See also: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 325.

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