Tetramorium caucasicum
Wagner et al., 2017
valid
Tetramorium caucasicum
Wagner et al., 2017:
117, fig. 16 (w.m.)
RUSSIA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Russia: E River Bashil valley, 43.211°N, 42.987°E, 2206 m., S slope, timberline, under stone, 18.vi.2009, 17372 (Z.M. Yusupov). Primary type depository: SMNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 14 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, HNHM, MCZC, MNBI, NHMB, SMNG, TLHA, SIZK.
- Status as species: Wagner et al., 2018: 4 (in list); Bračko, 2019: 173.
Citations
- Bračko, G. 2019. New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15 (1):165-175. 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 PDF
- Wagner, H. C.; Arthofer, W.; Seifert, B.; Muster, C.; Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2017. Light at the end of the tunnel: Integrative taxonomy delimits cryptic species in the Tetramorium caespitum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 25:95-129. PDF
- Wagner, H. C.; Gamisch, A.; Arthofer, W.; Moder, K.; Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2018. Evolution of morphological crypsis in the Tetramorium caespitum ant species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Scientific Reports (Nature) 8 (12547):1-10. 10.1038/s41598-018-30890-z PDF