| Tetramorium caespitum | |
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| Worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Tetramorium |
| Species: | T. caespitum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Tetramorium caespitum, also known as the pavement ant, is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. [1] [2] [3]
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