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Sima zavattarii
| Tetraponera zavattarii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera penzigi) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Tetraponera |
| Species: | Tetraponera zavattarii (Menozzi, 1939) |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera penzigi.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- zavattarii. Sima (Tetraponera) zavattarii Menozzi, 1939c: 99, fig. 1 (w.) ETHIOPIA.
- Combination in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 489.
- Junior synonym of penzigi: Ward, 2022: 36.
References
- Menozzi, C. 1939c. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Missione Biol. Paese Borana 3: 97-110 (page 99, fig. 1 worker 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).