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Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) (Turf Ant)

Suggested Literature

Tetramorium caespitum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
FORMICOIDEA FORMICIDAE
(ants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Tetramorium caespitum is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Tetramorium caespitum listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Tetramorium caespitum:

nest nest has guest Anergates atratulus - Dark Guest Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975
nest nest is taken over by Strongylognathus testaceus - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975
worker worker may be a slave of Strongylognathus testaceus - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Tetramorium caespitum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
FORMICOIDEA FORMICIDAE
(ants)

References

Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 Hymenoptera: Formicidae
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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