Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Turf Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTetramorium caespitum (Turf Ant)
GenusTetramorium (tramp ants)
SubfamilyMYRMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tetramorium caespitum (Turf Ant) :
1: Tetramorium caespitum (Turf Ant)
17 Aug 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
tiny ants under hand-sized iron pan fragment on heathland track
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - magnified - grey background
2: Tetramorium caespitum (Turf Ant)
6 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on sandy bank at side of path
Image 1: Worker approaching nest - enlargedImage 2: Worker - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Worker - enlargedImage 4: Worker - highly enlargedImage 5: Worker - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Worker - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Workers around nest hole - enlargedImage 8: Workers around nest hole - enlarged (2)Image 9: Workers at entrance to nest - enlargedImage 10: Workers at entrance to nest - enlarged (2)Image 11: Workers at entrance to nest - enlarged (3)Image 12: Workers at entrance to nest - enlarged (4)Image 13: Workers at entrance to nest - highly enlargedImage 14: Workers at entrance to nest - highly enlarged (2)Image 15: Workers at entrance to nest - highly enlarged (3)Image 16: Workers at nest hole - enlargedImage 17: Worker - antero-dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 18: Worker - foreparts - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 19: Worker - head and antennae - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 20: Worker - head and antennae - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 21: Worker - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 22: Worker - hindparts - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 23: Worker - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 24: Worker - pedicel - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale background

Tetramorium caespitum (Turf Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tetramorium caespitum (Turf Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tetramorium caespitum (Turf Ant)
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