Viticicola tessmanni castanea

Viticicola tessmanni castanea
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera tessmanni)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Tetraponera
Species:	Viticicola tessmanni castanea; Wheeler, W.M., 1922

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera tessmanni.

Nomenclature

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

castanea. Viticicola tessmanni var. castanea Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 112 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Junior synonym of tessmanni: Brown, 1950e: 248; Ward, 2022: 38.