Sima ambigua rhodesiana

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Sima ambigua rhodesiana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera ambigua)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima ambigua rhodesiana
Forel, 1913

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera ambigua.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • rhodesiana. Sima ambigua r. rhodesiana Forel, 1913a: 112 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
    • Arnold, 1914: 31 (s.w.); Arnold, 1916: 187 (q.).
    • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916: 186.
    • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 796.
    • Junior synonym of ambigua: Ward, 2006: 123; Ward, 2022: 8.

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