Tetramorium grassii

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa, Swaziland. Australasian Region: New Zealand.

Nomenclature

 *  grassii. Tetramorium grassii Emery, 1895h: 37 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Mayr, 1901b: 25 (q.). Senior synonym of algoa, joffrei, laevigatum, mayri, simulans: Bolton, 1980: 262.
 * laevigatum. Tetramorium grassii var. laevigatum Mayr, 1901b: 25 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of grassii: Bolton, 1980: 262.
 * joffrei. Tetramorium joffrei Forel, 1914d: 228 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of grassii: Bolton, 1980: 262.
 * simulans. Tetramorium grassii var. simulans Santschi, 1914e: 24 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of grassii: Bolton, 1980: 262.
 * algoa. Tetramorium joffrei var. algoa Arnold, 1917: 304 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of grassii: Bolton, 1980: 262.
 * mayri. Tetramorium grazsii var. mayri Emery, 1924d: 281 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of mayri Mann, above.] Junior synonym of grassii: Bolton, 1980: 262.

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.
 * Arnold G. 1960. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 15. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia. B. Natural Sciences. 3: 452-488.
 * 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.
 * Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
 * Forel A. 1914. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Koen J. H., and W. Breytenbach. 1988. Ant species richness of fynbos and forest ecosystems in the Southern Cape. South Afr. Tydskr. Dierk. 23(3): 184-188.
 * 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.
 * Santschi F. 1914. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 15: 1-44.
 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
 * 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