Tetramorium diomedeum

Identification
This species can be identified using a discriminant function of morphological measurements.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  diomedeum. Tetramorium caespitum var. diomedea Emery, 1908d: 24 (w.q.) ITALY. Subspecies of ferox: Grandi, 1935: 102; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 138. Raised to species: Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 435; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56. Junior synonym of ferox: Bernard, 1967: 235; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 201; Radchenko, 1992b: 55. Revived status as species: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 324. Senior synonym of bariensis: Emery, 1916b: 194; Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 324; of laevior: Csösz & Schulz, 2010: 17.
 * bariensis. Tetramorium caespitum var. bariensis Forel, 1911d: 331 (w.) ITALY. Junior synonym of diomedeum: Emery, 1916b: 194; of ferox: Bernard, 1967: 235. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 134. Junior synonym of ferox: Radchenko, 1992b: 55; of diomedeum: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 324.
 * laevior. Tetramorium ferox var. laevior Menozzi, 1936d: 292 (w.) TURKEY. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum subsp. ferox var. laevior Forel, 1911d: 333; unavailable name.] Finzi, 1939c: 157 (m.). Junior synonym of diomedeum: Csösz & Schulz, 2010: 17.