Tetramorium caespitum
Creators: name: Verheyde, Fons
name: Jacobs, JEffrEY
name: Dekoninck, WOUTEr
name: Achterberg, Kees Van
name: Rond, JErOEn
name: Blanck, Tim De
name: Schoonvaere, KarEL
name: Nieuwenhuijsen, Hans
name: Ketelaere, Augustijn De
name: Minnebo, BarT
name: Ferrer-Suay, Mar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Tetramorium
Tetramorium caespitum

description: Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
BELGIUM: • 8♀♀ (workers); N51.225° E4.380°; v/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 5 ♀♀ (workers) + 1 dealate gyne; N51.225° E4.380°; vi/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♂; N51.184° E4.419°; vi/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pan trap (white); W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♀ (worker); N51.251° E4.418°; vii/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 11♀ (workers); N51.135° E4.251°; vii/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 2 ♀♀ (workers); N51.218° E4.398°; vii/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 3 ♀♀ (workers); N51.225° E4.380°; viii/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 11 ♀ (workers); N51.160° E4.390°; viii/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♂; N51.184° E4.419°; ix/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pan trap (white); W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♀ (worker); N51.160° E4.390°; ix/2020; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♀ (worker); N51.135° E4.251°; iv/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 2 ♀♀ (workers); N51.225° E4.380°; v/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 2 ♀♀ (workers); N51.160° E4.390°; vi/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♀ (worker); N51.130° E4.253°; vii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 4 ♀♀ (workers); N51.130° E4.253°; vii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 22 ♀♀ (workers); N51.225° E4.380°; vii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 35 ♀♀ (workers); N51.160° E4.390°; vii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♀ (worker); N51.199° E4.459°; viii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 1 ♀ (worker); N51.130° E4.253°; viii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 3 ♀♀ (workers); N51.197° E4.463°; viii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 85 ♀♀ (workers); N51.160° E4.390°; viii/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. • 11♀ (workers); N51.160° E4.390°; ix/2021; J. Jacobs leg.; coll. RBINS; pitfall trap; W. Dekoninck det. [22 occ. (2 years), 9 roofs]
Remarks:
Tetramorium caespitum can be very abundant on sandy and thermophilic soils in Flanders (DEKONINCK et al., 2012). Together with Lasius niger it is often the first to establish in newly created sites on sandy soils.
description: Published as part of Verheyde, Fons, Jacobs, JEffrEY, Dekoninck, WOUTEr, Achterberg, Kees Van, Rond, JErOEn, Blanck, Tim De, Schoonvaere, KarEL, Nieuwenhuijsen, Hans, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Minnebo, BarT & Ferrer-Suay, Mar, 2023, Remarks on Hymenoptera on urban green roofs in Belgium, pp. 1-37 in Belgian Journal of Entomology 140 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10981934