Tetraponera Species Groups

Based on the research of Phil Ward.

There is a key to the Afrotropical Tetraponera species groups

Tetraponera allaborans species group

Ward 2001, 2006, 2022

Africa, Madagascar, India to China, South to Northern Australia.

Tetraponera allaborans species group webpage

• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera (2022)
• Key to Tetraponera of the Oriental and Australian regions (2001)
• Key to Tetraponera queens of the Oriental and Australian regions (2001)
• Key to Tetraponera males of the Oriental and Australian regions (2001)
• Key to Tetraponera of India (2014)
• Key to Tetraponera of China (2004)

There is no species key for this group.

Tetraponera ambigua species group

Ward 2006, 2022

Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar

Tetraponera ambigua species group webpage

• Key to Tetraponera ambigua group species (2006)
• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera (2022)

Tetraponera grandidieri species group

Ward 2006, 2009, 2022

Madagascar

Tetraponera grandidieri species group webpage

• Key to Tetraponera grandidieri species group (2009)
• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera (2022)

Tetraponera natalensis species group

Ward 2006, 2022

Africa, northwestern Madagascar

Tetraponera natalensis species group webpage

• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera (2022)

There is no species key for this group.

Tetraponera nigra species group

Ward 2001

Indo-Australian

Tetraponera nigra species group webpage

• Key to Tetraponera of the Oriental and Australian regions (2001)
• Key to Tetraponera queens of the Oriental and Australian regions (2001)
• Key to Tetraponera males of the Oriental and Australian regions (2001)
• Key to Tetraponera of India (2014)
• Key to Australian Tetraponera Species (2001)

Tetraponera rufonigra species group

Barthi & Akbar 2014; Ward 2006, 2022

West and central Africa; Indian subcontinent to southeast Asia

Tetraponera rufonigra species group webpage

• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera (2022)
• Key to Tetraponera of India (2014)

Related Webpages

• Tetraponera
• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera species groups

References

• Bharti, H. & Akbar, S.A. 2014. Tetraponera periyarensis, a new pseudomyrmecine ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Asian Myrmecology 6, 43–48.
• Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy. 15:589-665.
• Ward, P.S. 2006. The ant genus Tetraponera in the Afrotropical region: synopsis of species groups and revision of the T. ambigua-group. Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 8:119-130.
• Ward, P.S. 2009. The ant genus Tetraponera in the Afrotropical region: the T. grandidieri group. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 18:285-304.