Tetramorium ferox
Ruzsky, 1903
valid
Tetramorium caespitum var. ferox
Ruzsky, 1903b:
309 (w.q.m.)
RUSSIA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Russia: Saratov (Ruzsky). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG, probably also in ZMUM.
- [Misspelled as feroxs by Tarbinsky, 1976: 112.]
- Combination in Tetramorium (Lobomyrmex): Kratochvíl, in Novák & Sadil, 1941: 84 (in key).
- Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Ruzsky, 1905b: 533; Emery, 1909f: 703; Karavaiev, 1911a: 52; Forel, 1911f: 333; Krausse, 1912c: 165; Emery, 1916a: 194; Santschi, 1921a: 111; Santschi, 1921e: 170; Menozzi, 1921: 30; Emery, 1924f: 277; Emery, 1925a: 178; Soudek, 1925b: 15; Karavaiev, 1926c: 167; Santschi, 1926f: 287; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 43; Röszler, 1935: 75; Röszler, 1936b: 57; Ruzsky, 1946: 70.
- Status as species: Cori & Finzi, 1931: 239; Soudek, 1931: 10; Menozzi, 1933b: 75 (in key); Santschi, 1934d: 278; Zimmermann, 1935: 38; Finzi, 1939c: 156; Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl et al., 1944: 72; Arnol'di, 1948a: 211 (in list); Bernard, 1967a: 235 (redescription); Pisarski, 1970a: 319; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 138; Tarbinsky, 1976: 112 (redescription); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 545 (in key); Pisarski & Krzysztofiak, 1981: 158; Collingwood, 1985: 264; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 277 (in key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 201; Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990: 377; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 155; Radchenko, 1992a: 47 (in key); Radchenko, 1992b: 55; Arakelian, 1994: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 407; Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002: 9; Csősz & Markó, 2004: 51; Bračko, 2006: 143; Markó et al., 2006: 71; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006: 206; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 141; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007: 232; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 144; Paknia et al., 2008: 155; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 29; Csősz & Schulz, 2010: 20 (redescription); Csősz et al., 2011: 57; Karaman, 2011b: 57; Legakis, 2011: 20; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 549; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 56; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 26; Borowiec, 2014: 198; Bračko et al., 2014: 16; Lebas et al., 2016: 388; Radchenko, 2016: 251; Steiner et al., 2017: 19; Wagner et al., 2018: 4 (in list); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 50; Seifert, 2018: 233; Werner et al., 2018: 7.
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium confinis: Csősz & Schulz, 2010: 20; Radchenko, 2016: 251.
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium perspicax: Csősz & Schulz, 2010: 21; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 26; Radchenko, 2016: 251.
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium ferox silhavyi: Bernard, 1967a: 235; Dlussky et al., 1990: 201; Radchenko, 1992b: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 407; Csősz & Schulz, 2010: 21; Radchenko, 2016: 251.
- Material of the unavailable name Tetramorium caespitum ferox striaticeps referred here by Radchenko, 1992b: 55.
Junior synonyms
- Tetramorium confinis Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990
- Tetramorium ferox silhavyi Kratochvíl, 1941
- Tetramorium perspicax Radchenko, 1992
Obsolete combinations
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