Sima brevicornis

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Sima brevicornis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera nitida)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima brevicornis
Emery, 1900

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brevicornis. Sima brevicornis Emery, 1900d: 675 (footnote) (w.) PHILIPPINES. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 25; in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 79. Junior synonym of nitida: Ward, 2001: 636.

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