Sima platynota

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Sima platynota
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera laeviceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima platynota
Karavaiev, 1933

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

Nomenclature

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

  • platynota. Sima (Tetraponera) platynota Karavaiev, 1933c: 269, fig. 16 (w.) INDONESIA (Wammer I.). Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 81. Junior synonym of laeviceps: Ward, 2001: 630.

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