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Sima braunsi
| Sima braunsi | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera clypeata) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Tetraponera |
| Species: | Sima braunsi Forel, 1913
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera clypeata.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- braunsi. Sima braunsi Forel, 1913a: 112 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916: 184.
- Combinationin Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 797.
- Subspecies of clypeata: Arnold, 1916: 184; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 797.
- Revived status as species: Ward, 1990: 488.
- Junior synonym of clypeata: Ward, 2022: 26.
References
- Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 159-270 (page 184, Combination in S. (Tetraponera), Subspecies/race of clypeata)
- Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 112, worker, queen described)
- Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 488, Revived status as species)
- Ward, P. S. 2006. The ant genus Tetraponera in the Afrotropical region: synopsis of species groups and revision of the T. ambigua-group. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 8:119-130.
- Ward, P. S. 2022. The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species. Zootaxa 5102 (1):1-70 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 797, Combination in Tetraponera, Subspecies/race of clypeata)