Tetramorium depressiceps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Iraq, Israel.

It is known from North-East Africa and the Middle East (Abdul-Rassoul et al. 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  depressiceps. Tetramorium semilaeve subsp. depressiceps Menozzi, 1933b: 71, fig. 3 (w.q.m.) ISRAEL. Raised to species: Collingwood, 1985: 264.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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