Tetramorium biskrense

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - The queen of this species, HW 1.2, SL 0.7, has an angled pronotum fully visible in dorsal view and wide nodes with a narrow sharp crest seen in side view. The propodeum is dentate. The head is striate with the striae curving obliquely at the occiput. The mesonotum is confusedly sculptured with the centre dorsum brilliant and strong sculpture at the sides. The gaster is brilliant with a few widely spaced punctures. The male is pale with weak sculpture.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Greece, Morocco, Oman, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, Tunisia.

Nomenclature

 *  biskrense. Tetramorium caespitum var. biskrensis Forel, 1904c: 13 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA. Subspecies of caespitum: Santschi, 1918c: 155; Santschi, 1921a: 112. Raised to species: Menozzi, 1933b: 75 (in key); Finzi, 1940: 161; Cagniant, 1964: 89; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 134. Senior synonym of oxyomma, jarbas: Cagniant, 1997: 95-97.
 * oxyomma. Tetramorium caespitum var. oxyomma Karavaiev, 1912a: 13 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA. Junior synonym of biskrense: Cagniant, 1997: 95.
 * jarbas. Tetramorium biskrense subsp. jarbas Cagniant, 1970a: 430 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum st. punicum var. jarbas Santschi, 1921b: 433; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of biskrense: Cagniant, 1997: 97.