Tetramorium exasperatum

In both localities ants were found under big stone inside the bright cork oak forest (Borowiec & Salata, 2014). Cagniant (1997) noted that in Morocco this species was collected in clearings and borders of forests, pastures and steppe. Guillem & Bensusan (2009) recorded it in woodland close to well known “The Mount” gardens and in rocky, high maquis.

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

Nomenclature

 *  exasperatum. Tetramorium caespitum r. exasperatum Emery, 1891b: 3 (w.q.) TUNISIA. Cagniant, 1997: 92 (m.). Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 133. Senior synonym of zahrae: Cagniant, 1997: 92; of acutiseta, parvioculum: Borowiec & Salata, 2014: 521. See also: Emery, 1909d: 705.
 * acutiseta. Tetramorium exasperatum var. acutiseta Santschi, 1921d: 72 (w.q.) MOROCCO. [Also described as new by Santschi, 1923f: 334.] Junior synonym of exasperatum: Borowiec & Salata, 2014: 521.
 * parvioculum. Tetramorium parvioculum Guillem & Bensusan, 2009: 158, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.) GIBRALTAR. Junior synonym of exasperatum: Borowiec & Salata, 2014: 521.
 * zahrae. Tetramorium zahrae Santschi, 1923a: 135 (q.) MOROCCO. Junior synonym of exasperatum: Cagniant, 1997: 92.