Tetramorium caespitum
28. Tetramorium caespitum (Linne, 1758) Figs. 2, 110-112. Formica caespitum Linne, 1758:581. Worker. Blackish brown, sometimes paler; head including clypeus and alitrunk regularly longitudinally striate. Petiole and postpetiole with shallow punctures and sculpture but smooth in centre. Propodeal spi...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6283824 2024-09-15T18:06:01+00:00 Tetramorium caespitum Collingwood, C. A. 1979-12-31 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283824 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/ACC3EE39790BDFFFC2B2CCCA0D376C01 unknown Zenodo http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD3B0D337E1DDAA0E4761CC6B14CB110 https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/ACC3EE39790BDFFFC2B2CCCA0D376C01 https://www.gbif.org/species/100120124 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283823 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283824 oai:zenodo.org:6283824 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/ACC3EE39790BDFFFC2B2CCCA0D376C01 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 8, 84-85, (1979-12-31) Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae Tetramorium Tetramorium caespitum info:eu-repo/semantics/other 1979 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.628382410.5281/zenodo.6283823 2024-07-27T05:08:46Z 28. Tetramorium caespitum (Linne, 1758) Figs. 2, 110-112. Formica caespitum Linne, 1758:581. Worker. Blackish brown, sometimes paler; head including clypeus and alitrunk regularly longitudinally striate. Petiole and postpetiole with shallow punctures and sculpture but smooth in centre. Propodeal spines very short, broadly denticulate, petiole and postpetiole about as broad as long. Length: 2.5-4 mm. Queen. Blackish brown with appendages and mandibles paler. Pronotum concealed above by overarching mesonotum. Mesonotum and scutellum smooth and shining. Much larger than worker with petiole and postpetiole broadly transverse. Wings pale with 1 discoidal and 1 cubital cell and open radial cell; pterostigma and veins yellowish. Length: 6-8.0 mm. Male. Head much narrower than alitrunk, rounded with very large eyes; antennal scape shorter than second funiculus segment. Y-shaped notauli and parapsidal furrows distinct. Postpetiole much wider than long. Head, propodeum, petiole and postpetiole longitudinally striate, mid body more finely striate. Size much larger than worker. Length: 5.5-7 mm. Distribution. Locally common in Denmark and Southern Fennoscandia up to approximately latitude 62° 50'. - Range: holarctic: America to Japan, North Africa to N. Europe including British Isles. Biology. The species tends to be coastal in North Europe but also inland on heath and on the open borders of woodland, nesting in the earth and also under stones. Colonies are normally single queened, but populous with up to 10,000 or more workers. This species is moderately aggressive, living by predation on other arthropods, scavenging and also from root aphid honeydew. Seeds of various herbs and grasses are often collected into the nest. The alatae are conspicuously large compared with the workers; they are developed in the early summer and fly in late June and July. prolonged backward; propodeal spines long. Length of worker: 3.4-4 mm, queen: 5-5.5 mm. Male. Yellow brown to brown; mesonotum and postpetiole shining, rest of alitrunk and ... Other/Unknown Material Fennoscandia Zenodo |
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28. Tetramorium caespitum (Linne, 1758) Figs. 2, 110-112. Formica caespitum Linne, 1758:581. Worker. Blackish brown, sometimes paler; head including clypeus and alitrunk regularly longitudinally striate. Petiole and postpetiole with shallow punctures and sculpture but smooth in centre. Propodeal spines very short, broadly denticulate, petiole and postpetiole about as broad as long. Length: 2.5-4 mm. Queen. Blackish brown with appendages and mandibles paler. Pronotum concealed above by overarching mesonotum. Mesonotum and scutellum smooth and shining. Much larger than worker with petiole and postpetiole broadly transverse. Wings pale with 1 discoidal and 1 cubital cell and open radial cell; pterostigma and veins yellowish. Length: 6-8.0 mm. Male. Head much narrower than alitrunk, rounded with very large eyes; antennal scape shorter than second funiculus segment. Y-shaped notauli and parapsidal furrows distinct. Postpetiole much wider than long. Head, propodeum, petiole and postpetiole longitudinally striate, mid body more finely striate. Size much larger than worker. Length: 5.5-7 mm. Distribution. Locally common in Denmark and Southern Fennoscandia up to approximately latitude 62° 50'. - Range: holarctic: America to Japan, North Africa to N. Europe including British Isles. Biology. The species tends to be coastal in North Europe but also inland on heath and on the open borders of woodland, nesting in the earth and also under stones. Colonies are normally single queened, but populous with up to 10,000 or more workers. This species is moderately aggressive, living by predation on other arthropods, scavenging and also from root aphid honeydew. Seeds of various herbs and grasses are often collected into the nest. The alatae are conspicuously large compared with the workers; they are developed in the early summer and fly in late June and July. prolonged backward; propodeal spines long. Length of worker: 3.4-4 mm, queen: 5-5.5 mm. Male. Yellow brown to brown; mesonotum and postpetiole shining, rest of alitrunk and ... |
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Tetramorium caespitum |
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The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 8, 84-85, (1979-12-31) |
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