Tetramorium simillimum

Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174 : 85

publication ID	6175
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283826
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/38F7BCCB-F613-7C61-7074-789653D3ADE9
treatment provided by	Christiana
scientific name	Tetramorium simillimum
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Tetramorium simillimum View in CoL HNS (Smith, 1851)

Myrmica simillima Smith HNS , 1851:118.

Workers and queen. Weakly sculptured, pale red much smaller than T. guineense HNS . Length of worker: 1.6-2 mm, queen: 2.2-2.5 mm. Male. Light yellowish red; occiput rounded. Length: 2.5 mm.

Biology. This cosmopolitan species occasionally occurs in heated glasshouses in Europe and has been recorded from Denmark and also on several occasions in England.