Species Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, 1851)
- Myrmica simillima Smith, F. 1851. List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. Hymenoptera, Aculeata. London : British Museum 134 pp. [118].
Type data:
Syntype(s) lost, presumed destroyed, Dorset, England.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 36: 67-151 [29 Sept. 1977] [131]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced to Australia and Lord Howe Island. Framenau & Thomas (2008) report a Tetramorium cf. simillimum from Christmas Island.
Introduced.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Framenau, V.W. & Thomas, M.L. 2008. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): identification and distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 45-85 [75]
- Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 2015. Synopsis of the hymenopteran fauna of Lord Howe Island with a preliminary checklist of species. Zootaxa 3931(3): 423–432
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in ground layer.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2015 | VESPOIDEA | 18-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | FORMICIDAE | 10-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 19-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 14-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |