Tetramorium alternans

Identification
A member of the Tetramorium chefketi species complex in the Tetramorium caespitum species group.

Distribution
Mediterranean coast of NW Africa.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.

Nomenclature

 *  alternans. Tetramorium caespitum var. alternans Santschi, 1929e: 150 (w.) MOROCCO. Csösz, Radchenko & Schulz, 2007: 11 (q.m.). See also: Cagniant, 1997: 94. Raised to species: Güsten, Schulz & Sanetra, 2006: 17. Senior synonym of kahenae: Csösz, Radchenko & Schulz, 2007: 10.
 * kahenae. Tetramorium biskrensis var. kahenae Menozzi, 1934: 162 (w.q.) TUNISIA. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum st. biskrensis var. kahenae Santschi, 1918c: 155; unavailable name.] Subspecies of biskrense: Menozzi, 1940: 270. Junior synonym of biskrense: Cagniant, 1997: 97; of alternans: Csösz, Radchenko & Schulz, 2007: 10.