Tetramorium inerme

Tetramorium inerme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tetramorium
Species:	T. inerme
Binomial name
Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Tetramorium caespitum picta Karavaiev, 1912 Tetramorium caespitum plana Karavaiev, 1927 Tetramorium caespitum reticuliventre Ruzsky, 1902

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Armenia, China, Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• inerme. Tetramorium caespitum var. inerme Mayr, 1877: 17 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. [Redescribed in Latin: Mayr, 1880: 19.] Ruzsky, 1905b: 540 (q.). Subspecies of caespitum: Ruzsky, 1903b: 309; Forel, 1904b: 371; Emery, 1909d: 705. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 133; Santschi, 1927a: 57. Senior synonym of picta, plana, reticuliventre: Radchenko, 1992b: 53.
• reticuliventre. Tetramorium caespitum var. reticuliventre Ruzsky, 1902b: 481 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. [Also described as new by Ruzsky, 1902c: 14.] Ruzsky, 1905b: 767 (q.). Junior synonym of inerme: Radchenko, 1992b: 53.
• picta. Tetramorium caespitum var. picta Karavaiev, 1912b: 584 (w.q.) TRANSCASPIA. Junior synonym of inerme: Radchenko, 1992b: 53.
• plana. Tetramorium caespitum var. plana Karavaiev, 1927b: 109, fig. 5 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. Junior synonym of inerme: Radchenko, 1992b: 53.

References

• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 133, Raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1909f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil IX. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 695-712 (page 705, Subspecies/race of caespitum)
• Forel, A. 1904c [1903]. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388 (page 371, Subspecies/race of caespitum)
• Mayr, G. 1877a. Formicidae. In: Fedchenko, A. P. Travels in Turkestan. Vol. 2, Div. 5, No. 7. Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestvozn. Antropol. Etnogr. Imp. Mosk. Univ. 26:i-iii, 1-20 (+1). (page 17, worker described)
• Mayr, G. 1880. Die Ameisen Turkestan's, gesammelt von A. Fedtschenko. Tijdschr. Entomol. 23: 17-40 (page 19, redescribed in Latin)
• Radchenko, A. G. 1992b. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Report 2. Zool. Zh. 71(8 8: 50-58 (page 53, )
• Ruzsky, M. 1903b. Essay on the myrmecofauna of the Kirghiz steppe. Tr. Rus. Entomol. Obshch. 36: 294-316 (page 309, Subspecies/race of caespitum)
• Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 540, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1927b. A propos du Tetramorium caespitum L. Folia Myrmecol. Termit. 1: 52-58 (page 57, Raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
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• Forel A. 1904. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388.
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• Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.