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Tetramorium caespitum

Pavement ant

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Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Turf Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Tetramorium

Tetramorium caespitum

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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Occurrences (GBIF) 81 countries · 17137 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1846: 4 1854: 6 1856: 4 1866: 12 1868: 1 1869: 6 1870: 4 1873: 8 1874: 4 1875: 3 1879: 6 1884: 2 1886: 6 1887: 3 1891: 2 1892: 2 1895: 2 1897: 1 1901: 5 1902: 1 1903: 4 1904: 4 1906: 1 1907: 28 1908: 13 1909: 9 1910: 1 1911: 6 1912: 22 1913: 17 1914: 26 1915: 11 1916: 2 1917: 1 1918: 7 1919: 1 1920: 53 1921: 45 1922: 58 1923: 30 1924: 6 1925: 212 1926: 27 1927: 30 1928: 28 1929: 46 1930: 46 1931: 37 1932: 50 1933: 53 1934: 80 1935: 73 1936: 48 1937: 54 1938: 127 1939: 219 1940: 89 1941: 56 1942: 72 1943: 8 1944: 65 1945: 10 1946: 47 1947: 29 1948: 45 1949: 30 1950: 41 1951: 95 1952: 67 1953: 54 1954: 33 1955: 10 1956: 14 1957: 39 1958: 71 1959: 33 1960: 32 1961: 35 1962: 41 1963: 51 1964: 57 1965: 55 1966: 23 1967: 32 1968: 41 1969: 91 1970: 73 1971: 82 1972: 31 1973: 47 1974: 22 1975: 33 1976: 91 1977: 294 1978: 108 1979: 154 1980: 70 1981: 45 1982: 29 1983: 18 1984: 29 1985: 38 1986: 107 1987: 46 1988: 277 1989: 58 1990: 80 1991: 34 1992: 97 1993: 105 1994: 79 1995: 75 1996: 83 1997: 199 1998: 64 1999: 166 2000: 187 2001: 233 2002: 669 2003: 81 2004: 295 2005: 169 2006: 65 2007: 446 2008: 456 2009: 547 2010: 338 2011: 402 2012: 377 2013: 376 2014: 218 2015: 194 2016: 400 2017: 820 2018: 742 2019: 1,206 2020: 672 2021: 330 2022: 305 2023: 285 2024: 199 2025: 197 2026: 158
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YearRecords
18464
18546
18564
186612
18681
18696
18704
18738
18744
18753
18796
18842
18866
18873
18912
18922
18952
18971
19015
19021
19034
19044
19061
190728
190813
19099
19101
19116
191222
191317
191426
191511
19162
19171
19187
19191
192053
192145
192258
192330
19246
1925212
192627
192730
192828
192946
193046
193137
193250
193353
193480
193573
193648
193754
1938127
1939219
194089
194156
194272
19438
194465
194510
194647
194729
194845
194930
195041
195195
195267
195354
195433
195510
195614
195739
195871
195933
196032
196135
196241
196351
196457
196555
196623
196732
196841
196991
197073
197182
197231
197347
197422
197533
197691
1977294
1978108
1979154
198070
198145
198229
198318
198429
198538
1986107
198746
1988277
198958
199080
199134
199297
1993105
199479
199575
199683
1997199
199864
1999166
2000187
2001233
2002669
200381
2004295
2005169
200665
2007446
2008456
2009547
2010338
2011402
2012377
2013376
2014218
2015194
2016400
2017820
2018742
20191,206
2020672
2021330
2022305
2023285
2024199
2025197
2026158
Switzerland · 2,037 Belgium · 1,895 Netherlands · 1,353 United States · 1,338 Sweden · 1,028 France · 904 Portugal · 876 Denmark · 847 Spain · 734 United Kingdom · 675 Poland · 649 Finland · 506 Germany · 486 Italy · 467 South Korea · 424 Norway · 421 Canada · 300 Russia · 270 Austria · 215 Greece · 148 Japan · 141 Luxembourg · 139 Serbia · 112 Bulgaria · 112 Croatia · 105 Morocco · 105 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 64 Åland Islands · 58 China · 52 Slovakia · 48 Slovenia · 47 Estonia · 39 Iraq · 39 Lebanon · 38 Ukraine · 37 Albania · 32 Ireland · 31 Syria · 26 Czechia · 25 Egypt · 23 Jordan · 22 India · 21 Unknown Region · 19 Turkey · 18 Kyrgyzstan · 18 Hungary · 17 Israel · 16 Andorra · 14 Azerbaijan · 13 Libya · 13 Isle of Man · 9 Romania · 9 Armenia · 8 Tunisia · 8 Palestinian Territories · 8 Algeria · 8 Cuba · 7 Turkmenistan · 7 Papua New Guinea · 6 Uzbekistan · 6 Saudi Arabia · 5 Iran · 5 North Macedonia · 4 Mexico · 4 Bahrain · 3 Kenya · 3 Malaysia · 3 Indonesia · 2 Liechtenstein · 2 Lithuania · 2 South Africa · 1 Trinidad & Tobago · 1 Thailand · 1 Philippines · 1 Kazakhstan · 1 Gibraltar · 1 Eritrea · 1 Costa Rica · 1 Colombia · 1 Belarus · 1 Afghanistan · 1
Poland 25/06/2026 · ZwierzyniecWQE · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Eriksberg, Srm, Sweden 24/06/2026 · Raul Vicente · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Blomstermålen, Sm, Sweden 24/06/2026 · Olof Persson · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Ukraine 18/06/2026 · Male · Luksi_457 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Malmøykalven, Norway 08/06/2026 · Female · 10 m · Olsen, K.M.; Olberg, S. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Åhus, Horna grushåla, Sk, Sweden 06/06/2026 · Fredrik Östrand, Patrik Lauthers · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Haugbjärgar, Gtl, Sweden 06/06/2026 · Kristoffer Hylander · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Lilleskagen, Norway 01/06/2026 · Female · 3 m · Olsen, K.M.; Olberg, S.; Amundsen, M. · BioFokus · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Bredsand, Gtl, Sweden 29/05/2026 · Kristoffer Hylander · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Askö forskningsstation, Srm, Sweden 23/05/2026 · Peter Nilsson · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record

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