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)); Zhang et al., 2025: 105 (Tetramorium inglebyi species group), 110 (Tetramorium inglebyi species group worker key); Wagner et al., 2025: 309 (Tetramorium caespitum group in Anatolia and the Caucasus region), 316 (Tetramorium caespitum group male genital morphology), 324 (Tetramorium caespitum group diagnosis), 327 (key to the complexes of the Tetramorium caespitum group), 328 (Anatolia and the Caucasus Tetramorium caespitum complex worker key).

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Extant: 593 valid species, 9 valid subspecies

Fossil: 2 valid species

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