Taxonomic history
[First available use of Tetramorium caespitum caespitum brevicornis Emery, 1916; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.].Emery, 1925a PDF: 185 (m.).Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Emery, 1924f PDF: 276; Kutter, 1927a PDF: 100; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1062.Status as species: Bondroit, 1920a PDF: 152; Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 53; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 135; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c PDF: 421; Bolton, 1995b: 405; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Sanetra et al., 1999 PDF: 331; Mohamed et al., 2001 PDF: 55; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 497; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 26; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 195; Lebas et al., 2016: 382.Tetramorium caspitum var. brevicorne Bondroit , 1918: Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.87:108.
Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit , 1918 in Baroni Urbani, 1964: Atti. Accad. Gioenia Sc. Nat. Catania (6)16:53.
World distribution: Corsica & Egypt.
Distribution in Egypt: Sinai.
Material examined: Sahab: 14.XI.1998 (1) (Ain. Coll.).
Note: This species is a new record to the Egyptian fauna.