Taxonomic history
[Misspelled as feroxs by Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 112.].Combination in Tetramorium (Lobomyrmex): Kratochvíl, in Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 84 (in key).Subspecies of Tetramorium caespitum: Ruzsky, 1905b: 533; Emery, 1909f PDF: 703; Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 52; Forel, 1911f PDF: 333; Krausse, 1912c PDF: 165; Emery, 1916a PDF: 194; Santschi, 1921a PDF: 111; Santschi, 1921e PDF: 170; Menozzi, 1921 PDF: 30; Emery, 1924f PDF: 277; Emery, 1925a PDF: 178; Soudek, 1925b PDF: 15; Karavaiev, 1926c PDF: 167; Santschi, 1926f PDF: 287; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b PDF: 43; Röszler, 1935 PDF: 75; Röszler, 1936b PDF: 57; Ruzsky, 1946 PDF: 70.Status as species: Cori & Finzi, 1931 PDF: 239; Soudek, 1931 PDF: 10; Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 75 (in key); Santschi, 1934d PDF: 278; Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 38; Finzi, 1939c PDF: 156; Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl et al., 1944 PDF: 72; Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 211 (in list); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 235 (redescription); Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 319; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 138; Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 112 (redescription); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 545 (in key); Pisarski & Krzysztofiak, 1981 PDF: 158; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 264; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 277 (in key); Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 201; Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990 PDF: 377, Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 155; Radchenko, 1992a PDF: 47 (in key); Radchenko, 1992b PDF: 55; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 407; Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002 PDF: 9; Csosz & Markó, 2004 PDF: 51; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 143; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 71; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 101 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 206; Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 141; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007 PDF: 232; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 144; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 155; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 29; Csosz & Schulz, 2010 PDF: 20 (redescription); Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 57; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 57; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 20; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 549; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 56; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 26; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 198; Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 16; Lebas et al., 2016: 388; Radchenko, 2016: 251; Wagner et al., 2018 10.1038/s41598-018-30890-z PDF: 4 (in list); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 50; Seifert, 2018: 233.Senior synonym of Tetramorium confinis: Csosz & Schulz, 2010 PDF: 20; Radchenko, 2016: 251.Senior synonym of Tetramorium perspicax: Csosz & Schulz, 2010 PDF: 21; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 26; Radchenko, 2016: 251.Senior synonym of Tetramorium ferox silhavyi: Bernard, 1967a PDF: 235; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 201; Radchenko, 1992b PDF: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 407; Csosz & Schulz, 2010 PDF: 21; Radchenko, 2016: 251.Material of the unavailable name Tetramorium caespitum ferox striaticeps referred here by Radchenko, 1992b PDF: 55.Records
(Map 39): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Podbalkan Basins: Kalofer ( Atanassov and Vassileva 1976 ); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: Sandanski ( Atanassov and Vassileva 1976 ); Western Rhodopi Mts: Smilyan vill. ( Hlaváč et al. 2007 ); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Kardzhali ( Csősz and Schulz 2010 ); Southern Black Sea coast: Dolno Ezerovo (Burgas) ( Csősz and Schulz 2010 ).
