Sima plicatidens
Sima plicatidens | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera sahlbergii) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
Genus: | Tetraponera |
Species: | Sima plicatidens Santschi, 1926 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera sahlbergii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- plicatidens. Sima (Tetraponera) plicatidens Santschi, 1926a: 26 (q.m.) MADAGASCAR.
- Combination in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 489.
- Junior synonym of sahlbergii: Ward, 2022: 42.
References
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 26, queen, male described)
- Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 489, Combination in Tetraponera)
- 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).