Sima oberbecki

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Sima oberbecki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera mocquerysi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima oberbecki
Forel, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • oberbecki. Sima oberbecki Forel, 1911f: 275 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Forel, 1916: 403 (q.).
    • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
    • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 800.
    • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.

References

  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 28, Combination in S. (Tetraponera))
  • Forel, A. 1911h. Fourmis d'Afrique et d'Asie. I. Fourmis d'Afrique surtout du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 274-283 (page 275, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 403, queen described)
  • Santschi, F. 1928d. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (quatrième note). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 16: 54-69 (page 58, Variety of emacerata)
  • 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 800, Combination in Tetraponera)