Tetraponera emeryi

Tetraponera emeryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Tetraponera
Species group:	allaborans
Species:	T. emeryi
Binomial name
	Tetraponera emeryi; (Forel, 1911) Specimen Label
Synonyms
	Sima braunsi durbanensis Forel, 1914;

Identification

A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.46513889° to -34.33333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

emeryi. Sima emeryi Forel, 1911d: 367 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916: 187.
- Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 797.
- Senior synonym of durbanensis: Ward, 2022: 30.
durbanensis. Sima braunsi var. durbanensis Forel, 1914d: 218 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 797.
- Junior synonym of emeryi: Ward, 2022: 30.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

References

Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 159-270 (page 187, Combination in S. (Tetraponera))
Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 367, worker 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. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 797, Combination in Tetraponera)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Arnold G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 159-270.
IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
Koen J. H., and W. Breytenbach. 1988. Ant species richness of fynbos and forest ecosystems in the Southern Cape. South Afr. Tydskr. Dierk. 23(3): 184-188.
Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004