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Sima demens
| Sima demens | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera morondaviensis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Tetraponera |
| Species: | Sima demens Santschi, 1911
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera morondaviensis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- demens. Sima demens Santschi, 1911i: 282 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
- Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
- Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1014.
- Junior synonym of mandibularis: Ward, 2022: 41.
References
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 27, Combination in S. (Tetraponera))
- Santschi, F. 1911i. Formicides de diverses provenances. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 55: 278-287 (page 282, worker described)
- 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. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (page 1014, Combination in Tetraponera)