Protonym: Tetramorium caespitum var. forte
Authorship Forel, 1904c: 371
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality FRANCE
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Güsten et al., 2006: 6). Primary type locality: lectotype France: Alberon, Camargue (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 41 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: IEUB, MHNG, MSNG, NHMB.
Type notes 1) Other original syntype localities: France: Nice, Drôme, and Palavas nr Montpellier (no collectors’ names). 2) Güsten et al., 2006: 12, excluded as misidentifications the Crimean and Transcaucasian material (ZISP) mentioned in the original description and cited by Dlussky et al., 1990: 202, and Radchenko, 1992b: 50.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Tetramorium caespitum forte Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904
Original combination
Tetramorium forte Species Valid