Tetramorium confinis
Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
Tetramorium confinis
Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990:
374, fig. 2 (w.q.m.)
ARMENIA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Armenia: Bedi, 28.vi.1988, no. 382-88 (G. Arakelian). Primary type depository: NHMY.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 109 paratype workers, 47 paratype queens, 30 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 43 paratype workers, 27 paratype queens, 11 paratype males with same data as holotype, 38 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens Armenia: Razdan, Arzakan, no. 453-88, 4.viii.1988 (G. Arakelian), 28 paratype workers, 11 paratype queens, 19 paratype males Armenia: 1 km. Talina, no. 158-89, 14.vi.1989 (M. Kalashyan), 1 paratype queen Ukraine: Crimea, Chatyr-Dag, 13.vii.1978 (I. Maltsev), 1 paratype queen Crimea, Kosh-Kaya, no. 83, 28.vi.1978 (E. Malii), 1 paratype queen Russia: Terek R., Starogladkovka, 14.vi.1928 (K. Arnoldi). Secondary type depositories: NHMY, SIZK, ZMUM.
- Status as species: Radchenko, 1992a: 48 (in key); Radchenko, 1992b: 56; Arakelian, 1994: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 406.
- Junior synonym of Tetramorium ferox: Csősz & Schulz, 2010: 20; Radchenko, 2016: 251.
Citations
- Arakelian, G. R. 1994. Fauna of the Republic of Armenia. Hymenopterous insects. Ants (Formicidae). [In Russian.]. Erevan: Gitutium, 153 pp. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Csősz, S.; Schulz, A. 2010. A taxonomic review of the Palaearctic Tetramorium ferox species-complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 2401:1-29. PDF
- Radchenko, A. G. 1992a. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Report 1. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71(8):39-49. PDF
- Radchenko, A. G. 1992b. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Report 2. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71(8):50-58. PDF
- Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
- Radchenko, A. G.; Arakelian, G. R. 1990. Ants of the group Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Crimea and the Caucasus. [In Russian.]. Biologicheskii Zhurnal Armenii 43:371-378. PDF