Tetramorium impurum

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Andorra, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland.

Other Ants
This ant is parasitized by the workerless Anergates atratulus.

Nomenclature

 *  impurum. Myrmica impura Foerster, 1850a: 48 (w.) GERMANY. Emery, 1925c: 184 (q.); Kutter, 1977c: 151 (m.). Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1855: 426. Junior synonym of caespitum: Curtis, 1854: 215; Mayr, 1855: 426. Revived from synonymy: Kutter, 1977c: 159. Senior synonym of staerckei: Kutter, 1977c: 159; of penninum: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 321. Current subspecies: nominal plus gregori. See also: Pasteels, Verhaeghe, et al. 1981: 675; Cammaerts, Pasteels et al. 1985: 109; Radchenko, Czechowski & Czechowska, 1998: 109.
 * penninum. Tetramorium caespitum var. penninum Santschi, 1927a: 54 (w.) SWITZERLAND. Junior synonym of impurum: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 321.
 * staerckei Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl, Novak & Snoflak, 1944: 65 (w.q.m.) HUNGARY. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum subsp. hungarica var. staerckei Röszler, 1936b: 60; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of impurum: Kutter, 1977c: 159.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Imaging NIRS 2011.pdf|Klarica, J.; Bittner, L.; Pallua, J.; Pezzei, C.; Huck-Pezzei, V.; Dowell, F.; Schied, J.; Bonn, G. K.; Huck, C.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M. 2011. Near-infrared imaging spectroscopy as a tool to discriminate two cryptic Tetramorium ant species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37:549-552 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Braekman 1981.pdf|Pasteels, J.M.; Verhaeghe, J.C.; Ottinger, R.; Braekman, J.C.; Daloze, D. 1981. Absolute configuration of (3R,4S)-4-methyl-3-hexanol--a pheromone from the head of the ant Tetramorium impurum Foerster. Insect Biochem. 11: 675-678 PDF]]