Tetramorium grassii Emery

Type location South Africa (Emery, 1895h: 37, worker; Mayr, 1901b: 25, queen); junior synonyms algoa (Arnold, 1917: 304, worker & queen), joffrei (Forel, 1914d: 228, worker & queen), laevigatum (Mayr, 1901b: 25, worker), and simulans (Santschi, 1914e: 24, worker) all from South Africa; worker & queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Note - Bolton's (1995: 411) listing of "mayri" (Emery, 1922f: 281, queen) is an error - what appears in Emery is - "T. ? Mayr, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien. Vol. 16, p. 25 (1901) queen".

Emery's (1895h) description is at . Arnold (1917: 304) gave an illustrated translation, this is at . Mayr's (1901b) description of laevigatum is at . Forel's (1914d) description of the worker & queen, and of joffrei is at . Arnold's (1917: 304) description of algoa and translation of joffrei is at . Santschi's (1914e) description of simulans is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.0-4.1 mm (Bolton, 1980: 262, illustrated).

The photographed specimen was collected from South Africa; Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R.; 350 m; S 33°59.39' E 20°48.32'; Peter Hlavác; 29.i.2004. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage is of specimens from South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna env. (Tsitikamma).; 0 m; S 33°59.3' E 23°32.8'; Peter Hlavác; 29.i.2004. Other images can be seen in the folder at - .