Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, Antonova, Vera, Radchenko, Alexander G. & Atanasova, Maria, 2010, Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, ZooKeys 62, pp. 1-124 : 19

Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911

Tetramorium taurocaucasicum Arnoldi, 1968

Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (part., material from Balkans, East Europe, Caucasus and Middle Asia)

Tetramorium moravicum : Agosti and Collingwood, 1987a, b, misidentification, nec Kratochvil, 1941

Tetramorium forte : Agosti and Collingwood 1987a; Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992; Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a; Lapeva-Gjonova and Atanasova 2004; Antonova 2005; Borisova et al. 2005

Records

(Map 39): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a); Eastern Danubian Plain: Ludogorie-Dobrudzha district ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Stara Planina Mts ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Western Stara Planina Mts: Chepan Mt. (Dragoman) ( Borisova et al. 2005); Sofia Basin: Sofia [ Lapeva-Gjonova and Atanasova 2004 and Antonova 2005 (as Tetramorium forte ), Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008], surroundings of Sofia ( Antonova and Penev 2006); Vitosha Mt. ( Atanassov 1952, Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Lozenska Planina Mt.: near German monastery ( Antonova and Penev 2008); Thracian Lowland: Harmanli [ Atanassov and Vassileva 1976 (as Tetramorium taurocaucasicum )]; Strandzha Mt. ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992, Antonova et al. in press); Belasitsa Mt. ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Boboshevo-Simitli Valley: Kocherinovo, Blagoevgrad ( Csősz et al. 2007); Pirin Mt. ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Rhodopi Mts ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Kokiche vill. (Kardzhali), Madzharovo municipality, Byal Izvor vill. (Arda), Beli Plast vill. (Kardzhali), Malko Popovo vill. (Madzharovo), between Dabovets and Kamilski dol vill. (Ivaylovgrad), between Odrintsi vill. and Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad), Svirachi vill. ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a); Southern Black Sea coast: Primorsko [ Atanassov and Vassileva 1976, Hubenov et al. 1998 (as Tetramorium taurocaucasicum )], Maslen nos [ Atanassov and Vassileva 1976 (as Tetramorium taurocaucasicum )], Burgas ( Csősz et al. 2007).

Notes:

Agosti and Collingwood (1987a) recorded Tetramorium forte and Tetramorium moravicum from Bulgaria, but Atanassov and Dlusskij (1992) treated Tetramorium moravicum , as well as Tetramorium taurocaucasicum , as junior synonyms of Tetramorium forte . The complicate taxonomic history of this species was resolved recently by Csősz et al. 2007 (for some more details see also Radchenko et al. 1998, Czechowski et al. 2002, Güsten et al. 2006).