Sima sahlbergii spuria

Sima sahlbergii spuria
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera sahlbergii)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Tetraponera
Species:	Sima sahlbergii spuria; Forel, 1897

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.

spuria. Sima sahlbergi r. spuria Forel, 1897c: 199 (w.m.) MADAGASCAR.
- Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
- Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1016.
- Junior synonym of sahlbergii: Ward, 2022: 42.

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. 1897d. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen un (page 199, worker, male 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 1016, Combination in Tetraponera)