Tetramorium simillimum

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Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, 1851) valid

Myrmica simillima Smith, 1851: 118 (w.) GREAT BRITAIN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: United Kingdom: England, Dorset (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: syntypes lost (not in BMNH or OXUM (Bolton, 1977: 131)).

[Misspelled as simullimum by Petrov, 2006: 100 (in key).]
[Misspelled as similimum by Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014: 137.]
Meinert, 1861: 331 (gynandromorph); André, 1883a: 289 (q.m.); Imai et al., 1984: 8 (k.); Yamane et al., 2022: 55 (q.)
Combination in Leptothorax: Smith, 1871c: 4.
Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1861: 61; André, 1874b: 191.
Status as species: Curtis, 1854: 216; Smith, 1855b: 129; Nylander, 1856b: 94 (footnote); Smith, 1858a: 119; Mayr, 1861: 61 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 27; Mayr, 1863a: 456; Mayr, 1870b: 972 (in key); André, 1874b: 191 (in key); Mayr, 1876: 98; Emery & Forel, 1879: 467; Emery, 1881b: 530; André, 1881c: 71; Forel, 1881: 5; André, 1883a: 287 (in key); Mayr, 1884: 33; White, 1884: 266; Lameere, 1892: 67; Forel, 1893j: 382; Dalla Torre, 1893: 134; Forel, 1895b: 126; Forel, 1901c: 11; Dahl, 1901: 20; Forel, 1903a: 702; Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 185; Mayr, 1904b: 7; Forel, 1904g: 422; Wheeler, 1905c: 101, 128; Forel, 1907d: 13; Forel, 1907g: 91; Forel, 1908a: 65; Wheeler, 1908a: 143; Wheeler, 1909b: 237; Emery, 1909f: 696; Wheeler, 1910a: 567; Karavaiev, 1911b: 8; Forel, 1912h: 1; Forel, 1913g: 197; Santschi, 1914b: 106; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 38; Forel, 1914d: 225; Emery, 1914f: 415; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 528; Forel, 1915b: 48; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 340; Forel, 1916: 421; Mann, 1916: 448; Arnold, 1917: 326; Wheeler, 1919d: 274; Wheeler, 1919f: 91; Mann, 1920b: 406; Mann, 1921: 459; Mann, 1922: 33; Wheeler, 1922: 193, 903, 1030; Wheeler, 1922n: 318; Müller, 1923b: 101 (in key); Wheeler, 1924c: 251; Emery, 1924f: 279; Mann, 1925b: 6; Arnold, 1926: 246 (in key); Stärcke, 1926a: 89 (in key); Borgmeier, 1927c: 110; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 392; Cheesman & Crawley, 1928: 519; Wheeler, 1929h: 61; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 161; Wheeler, 1932a: 11; Wheeler, 1932e: 160; Wheeler, 1932g: 17; Wheeler, 1933a: 59; Wheeler, 1933f: 143; Menozzi, 1933b: 74 (in key); Menozzi, 1934: 163; Weber, 1934a: 23; Wheeler, 1934i: 15; Donisthorpe, 1935: 634; Wheeler, 1935g: 31; Finzi, 1936: 181; Wheeler, 1936g: 14; Smith, 1937: 853; Borgmeier, 1937b: 240; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 87 (in key); Smith, 1943b: 2 (in key); Weber, 1943d: 321; Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl et al., 1944: 77 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1946i: 32; Donisthorpe, 1948d: 597; Weber, 1948b: 83; Creighton, 1950a: 292; Smith, 1951c: 824; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 177; Bernard, 1953a: 176; Bernard, 1953b: 248; Taylor & Wilson, 1962: 143; Wilson, 1964b: 6; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 175; Pisarski, 1967a: 402; Yarrow, 1967: 28; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 73; Taylor, 1967b: 1094; Bernard, 1967a: 236 (redescription); Hamann & Klemm, 1967: 418; Yarrow, 1967: 28; Kempf, 1972b: 250; Alayo, 1974: 18 (in key); Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 4 (in key); Pisarski, 1975: 26; Kempf, 1975c: 368; Taylor, 1976a: 83; Taylor, 1976b: 197; Bolton, 1977: 131; Smith, 1979: 1401; Bolton, 1979: 170 (redescription); Bolton, 1980: 320 (redescription); Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 90; Collingwood, 1985: 265; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 277 (in key); Taylor, 1987a: 78; Deyrup et al., 1989: 97; Brandão, 1991: 381; Ogata, 1991b: 102; Morisita et al., 1992: 35; Perrault, 1993: 333; Dlussky, 1994a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Dorow, 1996a: 82; Deyrup et al., 2000: 298; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 309; Zhou, 2001a: 105; Wetterer, 2002: 129; Blard et al., 2003: 132; Deyrup, 2003: 47; Imai et al., 2003: 135; Lin & Wu, 2003: 66; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 417; Collingwood et al., 2004: 481; Wetterer & Wetterer, 2004: 215; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 44; Ward, 2005: 68; Wetterer, 2006: 415; Zhou, 2006: 583; Clouse, 2007b: 256; Wild, 2007b: 38; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 75; Heterick, 2009: 177; Terayama, 2009: 162; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009: 45; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 54; Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 33 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 57; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 142; Sharaf et al., 2012: 8 (in key); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 218; Sarnat et al., 2013: 72; Borowiec, 2014: 204; Ramage, 2014: 168; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 122; Bharti et al., 2016: 46; Lebas et al., 2016: 380; Wetterer et al., 2016: 21; Agavekar et al., 2017: 9; Sharaf et al., 2017: 43; Deyrup, 2017: 152; Dekoninck et al., 2019: 1159; Lubertazzi, 2019: 193; Madl, 2019: 16; Dias et al., 2020: 96; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 135; Yamane et al., 2022: (queen diagnosis).
Senior synonym of Tetramorium pusillum bantouana: Bolton, 1980: 320; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium auropunctatus brevispinosum: Borgmeier, 1937b: 241; Kempf, 1972b: 250; Kempf, 1975c: 368; Bolton, 1977: 131; Bolton, 1980: 320; Brandão, 1991: 381; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum denticulatum: Bolton, 1977: 131; Bolton, 1980: 319; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium pusillum exoleta: Bolton, 1980: 320; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum insulare: Yarrow, 1967: 28; Bolton, 1977: 131; Bolton, 1980: 320; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum opacior: Bolton, 1977: 131; Bolton, 1980: 320; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium parallela: Bolton, 1977: 131; Bolton, 1980: 319; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Senior synonym of Tetramorium pygmaeum: Forel, 1916: 421 (in text); Bolton, 1980: 319; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Zhou, 2001a: 105.
Material of the unavailable name Tetramorium pusillum bantouana breve referred here byBolton, 1980: 320; Bolton, 1995b: 414.

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