Tetramorium caespitum

Tetramorium caespitum
T. caespitum worker
Scientific classification
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 red pavement ant, is a species of Myrmicine ant native to Europe, Morocco, and western Asia, but now found on many other continents as a tramp species.

Etymology

See also: Tetramorium immigrans

The species is commonly known as the "pavement ant" because workers are commonly found in pavements or roads, usually searching for food. There are also some Tetramorium species found in North America, although scientists are unsure whether or not T. caespitum is the species found, so they are often called Tetramorium sp.. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. "Tetramorium caespitum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
2. "Tetramorium caespitum". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
3. "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
4. Economo, Evan; Guénard, Benoit. "antmaps.org Tetramorium caespitum". antmaps.org. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 31 October 2024.