Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 valid neuter
Tetramorium Mayr, 1855: 423 Type-species: Formica caespitum (obsolete combination of Tetramorium caespitum), by subsequent designation of Girard, 1879: 1016.
Junior synonyms
Obsolete classifications
Genus Tetramorium catalogues

Mayr, 1863a: 456; Roger, 1863b: 26, 27 (Tetramorium, Tetrogmus); Emery & Forel, 1879: 457 (Anergates, Tetramorium Europe); Cresson, 1887: 261 (U.S.A.); Dalla Torre, 1893: 64, 130, 135 (Anergates, Tetramorium, Triglyphothrix); Arnold, 1917: 351 (Rhoptromyrmex diagnosis, South Africa species key); Wheeler, 1922: 886, 889, 893, 906, 906, 908, 909 (Afrotropical Atopula, Macromischoides, Tetramorium, Decamorium, Xiphomyrmex, Rhoptromyrmex, Triglyphothrix); Wheeler, 1922: 1030, 1031, 1032 (Malagasy Tetramorium, Xiphomyrmex, Triglyphothrix); Emery, 1922c: 186, 205, 289, 290 (Hagioxenus, Anergates, Rhoptromyrmex, Rhoptromyrmex (Acidomyrmex)); Emery, 1924f: 242, 272, 275, 286, 289 (Atopula, Triglyphothrix, Tetramorium, Xiphomyrmex, Decamorium); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 173, 174, 178, 179 (Asia Tetramorium, Acidomyrmex, Ireneella, Rhoptromyrmex, Triglyphothrix, Xiphomyrmex); Smith, 1951c: 815, 823, 823, 824 (North America Anergates, Tetramorium, Triglyphothrix, Xiphomyrmex); Kempf, 1972b: 249, 255 (Neotropical Tetramorium, Triglyphothrix); Smith, 1979: 1399, 1400, 1401 (North America Triglyphothrix, Tetramorium, Anergates); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 86, 88 (Australia Rhoptromyrmex, Tetramorium); Taylor, 1987a: 67, 78 (Australia, New Caledonia & New Zealand Rhoptromyrmex, Tetramorium); Bolton, 1995b: 63, 168, 377, 403 (Anergates, Decamorium, Rhoptromyrmex, Teleutomyrmex, Tetramorium); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 434 (Afrotropical, Malagasy checklist).

Genus Tetramorium references

Mayr, 1861: 61 (diagnosis, Europe species key); Mayr, 1865: 20 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1870b: 972 (all species key); André, 1882d: 278 (Anergates Europe & Algeria); André, 1883a: 285 (Europe & Algeria species key); Emery, 1893g: 214 (Triglyphothrix species key); Forel, 1903a: 700, 703 (India & Sri Lanka Tetramorium, Triglyphothrix species keys); Bingham, 1903: 172, 175 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma Triglyphothrix, Tetramorium species keys); Ruzsky, 1905b: 517 (Russian Empire species key); Emery, 1909f: 695 (Palaearctic species key); Emery, 1916a: 195 (Italy species key); Arnold, 1917: 271, 275, 334, 345, 349 (diagnosis, South Africa Tetramorium (Tetramorium), Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix), Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex), Tetramorium (Decamorium), species keys); Bondroit, 1918: 106 (France & Belgium species key); Mann, 1919: 353 (Papuasia Triglyphothrix species key); Wheeler, 1922: 187, 190, 193, 196 (Macromischoides, Tetramorium, Xiphomyrmex, Triglyphothrix diagnoses); Emery, 1922c: 205 (Anergates diagnosis); Emery, 1924f: 242, 272, 275, 286, 289 (Atopula, Triglyphothrix, Tetramorium, Xiphomyrmex, Decamorium diagnoses); Santschi, 1924b: 210 (Macromischoides species key); Arnold, 1926: 241 (South Africa Tetramorium (Tetramorium) species key); Menozzi, 1933b: 74 (Israel species key); Finzi, 1936: 183 (Egypt species key); Smith, 1938a: 127 (North America Xiphomyrmex species key); Kratochvíl, 1941b: 84 (Central Europe species key); Novák & Sadil, 1941: 84 (Central Europe species key); Smith, 1943b: 2 (North America species key); Kratochvíl et al., 1944: 76, 95 (Central Europe species key); Creighton, 1950a: 241 (Anergates Nearctic species key), 290 (Tetramorium Nearctic species key), 293 (Xiphomyrmex Nearctic species key); Brown, 1958h: 27 (New Zealand species); Brown, 1964e: 11 (Rhoptromyrmex diagnosis, all species revision, key); Ettershank, 1966: 157 (Anergates diagnosis, review of genus); Bernard, 1967a: 227 (Tetramorium diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Bernard, 1967a: 239, 241 (Teleutomyrmex, Anergates diagnoses); Alayo, 1974: 18 (Cuba species key); Tarbinsky, 1976: 105 (Kyrgyzstan species key); Bolton, 1976: 297 (Decamorium diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1976: 298 (Rhoptromyrmex diagnosis, all species key); Bolton, 1976: 310 (Triglyphothrix diagnosis, all species revision), 314 (Afrotropical species key), 341 (Oriental, Indo-Australian, Polynesian species key); Bolton, 1976: 296, 309, 359 (Anergates, Teleutomyrmex, Tetramorium diagnosis, review of genus, synonymy); Bolton, 1977: 69 (Tetramorium diagnosis, Oriental and Indo-Australian, all species revision), 72 (key), 133 (Australian, all species revision, key); Kutter, 1977c: 150 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 544 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978: 86 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Collingwood, 1979: 82 (Fennoscandia & Denmark species key); Bolton, 1979: 130 (Tetramorium Malagasy, all species revision), 132 (key), 159 (New World, all species revision, key), 177 (Tetramorium obtusidens complex); Bolton, 1980: 195 (diagnosis, review of genus, Afrotropical, all species revision), 205 (key); Collingwood, 1985: 262 (Saudi Arabia species key); Gösswald, 1985: 311 (Germany species key); Bolton, 1986a: 5 (Rhoptromyrmex diagnosis, review of genus, all species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 277 (Balkans species key); Wang et al., 1988: 264 (China species key); Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990: 371 (Crimea & Caucasus Tetramorium ferox complex, key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 197 (Turkmenistan species key); Ogata, 1991b: 99 (diagnosis, Japan); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 149 (Bulgaria species key); Radchenko, 1992a: 44 (former U.S.S.R. species key); Morisita et al., 1992: 33 (Japan species key); Arakelian, 1994: 60 (Armenia species key); Radchenko, 1994b: 109 (South Siberia species key); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1053 (census); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 79 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 332 (Saudi Arabia species key); Seifert, 1996b: 158 (Central Europe species key); Cagniant, 1997: 89 (Morocco species key); Dlussky, 1997a: 57 (in Baltic amber genera key); Radchenko et al., 1998: 107 (Poland species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 17 (Portugal species key); Sanetra et al., 1999: 317 (Italy, species); Shattuck, 1999: 163, 168 (Rhoptromyrmex, Tetramorium Australia synopsis); Sanetra & Buschinger, 2000: 95 (Anergates, Teleutomyrmex phylogeny); Chang & He, 2001b: 1 (northwest China species key); Zhou, 2001a: 100 (China, Guangxi species key); Czechowski et al., 2002: 145 (Poland species key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 214 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Seifert, 2007: 145 (North and Central Europe species key); Csősz et al., 2007: 8 (Tetramorium chefketi complex key); Terayama, 2009: 162 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009: 177 (south-western Australia species key); Csősz & Schulz, 2010: 12 (Tetramorium ferox complex key); Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 12 (Afrotropical Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group key); Eguchi et al., 2011: 30 (diagnosis, Vietnam synopsis); Vásquez-Bolaños et al., 2011: 454 (Neotropical Tetramorium tortuosum group key); Sharaf et al., 2012: 7 (Arabia species key); Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012a: 10, 31, 57, 91, 113 (Malagasy Tetramorium bessonii, Tetramorium bonibony, Tetramorium dysalum, Tetramorium marginatum, Tetramorium tsingy group keys); Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 29 (India species key); Czechowski et al., 2012: 369 (Poland species key); Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 137 (Fiji Is species key); Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012b: 8, 14 (Malagasy Tetramorium kelleri, Tetramorium tortuosum species groups keys); Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2013: 77 (Tetramorium capillosum complex revision), 84 (Tetramorium capillosum complex key); Sharaf et al., 2013: 577 (Sharaf et al., 2012 Saudi Arabia species key update); Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a: 77 (Tetramorium decem group key); Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a: 71, 77 (synonymy, Afrotropical Tetramorium decem species group, revision and key); Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014c: 10, 31, 57, 108, 156 (Malagasy Tetramorium naganum, Tetramorium plesiarum, Tetramorium schaufussii, Tetramorium severini species groups, revisions, keys); Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2014: 7 (Tetramorium weitzeckeri complex key); Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2015: 129 (Malagasy species groups key); Radchenko & Dlussky, 2015 311 (fossils); Radchenko & Scupola, 2015: 219 (Tetramorium striativentre group revision), 240 (Tetramorium striativentre group key); Baccaro et al., 2015: 278 (genus in Brazil); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 433 (diagnosis); Radchenko, 2016: 243 (Ukraine species key); Agavekar et al., 2017: 11, 24, 36 (India species groups key, India Tetramorium inglebyi group key, India Tetramorium tonganum group key); Salata & Borowiec, 2017: 279 (Balkans & Turkey Tetramorium semilaeve species groups, revisions), 306 (Balkans & Turkey Tetramorium semilaeve complex key); Cantone, 2017: 243 (brief male diagnosis); Wagner et al., 2017: 121 (Tetramorium caespitum complex, key); Mbanyana et al., 2018: 6 (Tetramorium solidum group key); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 827 (Colombia species key); Heterick, 2021: 203 (Western Australia species key); Yamane et al., 2022: 45 (list of Japan species, queen diagnosis), 46 (Japan species queens, key); Salata et al., 2023: 336 (Tetramorium inquilinum group synopsis, key); Akbar et al., 2023: 122 (India and Sri Lanka Tetramorium tortuosum group key); Salata et al., 2024: 3 (Iran synoptic list), 4 (Tetramorium meridionale species-group), 13 (Tetramorium meridionale species-group key (workers)); Ramamonjisoa et al., 2024: 343 (Malagasy region male diagnosis); Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 14 (diagnosis (as Anergates)), 422 (diagnosis (as Teleutomyrmex)), 423 (key to Greece species (as Teleutomyrmex)).

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Extant: 592 valid species, 9 valid subspecies

Fossil: 2 valid species

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