Tetramorium caespitum var. forte Forel, 1904c: 371 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Güsten et al., 2006: 6). Primary type locality: lectotype France: Alberon, Camargue (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 41 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: IEUB, MHNG, MSNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Other original syntype localities: France: Nice, Drôme, and Palavas nr Montpellier (no collectors’ names). 2) Güsten et al., 2006: 12, excluded as misidentifications the Crimean and Transcaucasian material (ZISP) mentioned in the original description and cited by Dlussky et al., 1990: 202, and Radchenko, 1992b: 50.