Tetramorium mossamedense

Identification
A member of the Tetramorium simillimum species group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 *  mossamedense. Tetramorium caespitum var. mossamedensis Forel, 1901d: 306 (w.) ANGOLA. [Also described as new by Forel, 1903e: 560.] Subspecies of pusillum: Santschi, 1917c: 285. Raised to species, senior synonym of schultzei and material of the unavailable name tristis referred here: Bolton, 1980: 314.
 * schultzei. Tetramorium caespitum subsp. schultzei Forel, 1910f: 19 (w.) BOTSWANA. Junior synonym of mossamedense: Bolton, 1980: 314.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 271-402.
 * Bolton B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40: 193-384.
 * Forel A. 1903. Einige neue Ameisen aus Sud-Angola. Pp 559-564, in: Baum, H. Kunene-Sambesi-Expedition, 1903. Berlin: Verlag des Kolonial-Wirtschaftlichen Komitees, 593pp.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Nsengimana V., K. A. Beth, F. Frederic, K. M. M. Lombart, D. Wouter, and N. Donat. 2018. Use of soil and litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as biological indicators of soil quality under different land uses in Southern Rwanda. Environmental Entomology 47(6): 1394-1401.
 * Samways M. J. 1990. Species temporal variability: epigaeic ant assemblages and management for abundance and scarcity. Oecologia 84: 482-490.
 * Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004