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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 · 17163 records GBIF · updated on 18/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1846: 1 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: 2 1906: 1 1907: 28 1908: 13 1909: 9 1910: 1 1911: 6 1912: 21 1913: 17 1914: 26 1915: 5 1916: 2 1917: 1 1918: 7 1919: 1 1920: 53 1921: 45 1922: 58 1923: 30 1924: 6 1925: 209 1926: 27 1927: 29 1928: 25 1929: 46 1930: 46 1931: 37 1932: 49 1933: 53 1934: 78 1935: 71 1936: 34 1937: 33 1938: 125 1939: 218 1940: 70 1941: 56 1942: 56 1943: 6 1944: 9 1945: 10 1946: 27 1947: 13 1948: 11 1949: 30 1950: 41 1951: 95 1952: 67 1953: 54 1954: 33 1955: 9 1956: 14 1957: 38 1958: 52 1959: 30 1960: 32 1961: 35 1962: 40 1963: 50 1964: 53 1965: 44 1966: 17 1967: 31 1968: 41 1969: 91 1970: 73 1971: 24 1972: 31 1973: 47 1974: 22 1975: 30 1976: 81 1977: 292 1978: 106 1979: 153 1980: 70 1981: 46 1982: 29 1983: 18 1984: 29 1985: 38 1986: 107 1987: 46 1988: 277 1989: 57 1990: 80 1991: 34 1992: 94 1993: 103 1994: 79 1995: 75 1996: 83 1997: 199 1998: 62 1999: 166 2000: 187 2001: 233 2002: 662 2003: 81 2004: 291 2005: 167 2006: 65 2007: 445 2008: 456 2009: 530 2010: 332 2011: 394 2012: 390 2013: 380 2014: 212 2015: 187 2016: 397 2017: 820 2018: 741 2019: 1,207 2020: 656 2021: 328 2022: 304 2023: 288 2024: 205 2025: 202 2026: 217
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YearRecords
18461
18546
18564
186612
18681
18696
18704
18738
18744
18753
18796
18842
18866
18873
18912
18922
18952
18971
19015
19021
19034
19042
19061
190728
190813
19099
19101
19116
191221
191317
191426
19155
19162
19171
19187
19191
192053
192145
192258
192330
19246
1925209
192627
192729
192825
192946
193046
193137
193249
193353
193478
193571
193634
193733
1938125
1939218
194070
194156
194256
19436
19449
194510
194627
194713
194811
194930
195041
195195
195267
195354
195433
19559
195614
195738
195852
195930
196032
196135
196240
196350
196453
196544
196617
196731
196841
196991
197073
197124
197231
197347
197422
197530
197681
1977292
1978106
1979153
198070
198146
198229
198318
198429
198538
1986107
198746
1988277
198957
199080
199134
199294
1993103
199479
199575
199683
1997199
199862
1999166
2000187
2001233
2002662
200381
2004291
2005167
200665
2007445
2008456
2009530
2010332
2011394
2012390
2013380
2014212
2015187
2016397
2017820
2018741
20191,207
2020656
2021328
2022304
2023288
2024205
2025202
2026217
Switzerland · 2,062 Belgium · 1,895 Netherlands · 1,412 United States · 1,317 Sweden · 1,034 France · 904 Portugal · 887 Denmark · 847 Spain · 734 Poland · 649 United Kingdom · 630 Finland · 506 Germany · 486 Italy · 467 South Korea · 424 Norway · 421 Canada · 300 Russia · 262 Austria · 215 Greece · 148 Japan · 140 Luxembourg · 139 Serbia · 113 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 · 38 Albania · 32 Ireland · 31 Syria · 26 Czechia · 25 Egypt · 23 Jordan · 22 India · 21 Unknown Region · 19 Kyrgyzstan · 18 Turkey · 18 Hungary · 17 Israel · 16 Andorra · 14 Libya · 13 Azerbaijan · 12 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 Iran · 5 Saudi Arabia · 4 Mexico · 4 North Macedonia · 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
Holten - Dijkerhoek e.o., Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 7096 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen, Netherlands 15/08/2026 · Female · User 50326 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Wageningen - Oude Diedenweg e.o., Netherlands 14/08/2026 · Female · User 990648 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Krossvägen, Torslandaviken, Vg, Sweden 12/08/2026 · Mathias Theander · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Vlieland - Kazerne / Schietkamp, Netherlands 12/08/2026 · User 165002 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 10/08/2026 · Female · User 64119 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 10/08/2026 · Female · User 64119 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kampina & Oisterwijkse Vennen - N2000 (A), Netherlands 08/08/2026 · Female · User 64119 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 07/08/2026 · Female · User 50326 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Loonse en Drunense Duinen - Zandverstuiving, Netherlands 07/08/2026 · Female · User 50326 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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