Tetraponera allaborans

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Krakatau Islands, New Guinea, Philippines. Oriental Region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: Belgium, China.

Nomenclature

 * minuta. Eciton minutum Jerdon, 1851: 112 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Pseudomyrma: Smith, F. 1858b: 159; in Sima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 54; in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 26; in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 80. Junior synonym of allaborans (as nomen oblitum): Ward, 2001: 602. See also: Bingham, 1903: 116.
 * femoralis. Cerapachys femoralis Motschoulsky, 1863: 21 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of compressa: Emery, 1892b: 167; Ward, 2001: 602.
 * rufipes. Eciton rufipes Jerdon, 1851: 112 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Pseudomyrma: Smith, F. 1858b: 159; in Sima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 55; in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 26; in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 81. Junior synonym of allaborans: Forel, 1903a: 709; revived from synonymy: Emery, 1921f: 26; returned to synonymy of allaborans (as nomen oblitum): Ward, 2001: 602.
 *  allaborans. Pseudomyrma allaborans Walker, 1859: 375 (w.q.m.) SRI LANKA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 390 (l.); Hung, Imai & Kubota, 1972: 1024 (k.). Combination in Tetraponera: Smith, F. 1877b: 69; in Sima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; in Sima (Tetraponera): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117; Karavaiev, 1933c: 260; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1921e: 110; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 61; Donisthorpe, 1948d: 592; Ward, 1990: 487. Senior synonym of compressa: Smith, F. 1877b: 69; of compressa (and its junior synonyms ceylonica, femoralis): Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Bingham, 1903: 113; of subtilis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Forel, 1903a: 709; Bingham, 1903: 113; of longinoda, minuta, rufipes, sumatrensis: Ward, 2001: 602. See also: Wheeler, W.M. & Bailey, 1920: 257.
 * ceylonica. Cerapachys ceylonica Motschoulsky, 1863: 22 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of compressa: Emery, 1892b: 167.
 * compressa. Sima compressa Roger, 1863a: 179 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of allaborans: Smith, F. 1877b: 69. Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of ceylonica, femoralis: Emery, 1892b: 167; of subtilis: Emery, 1895k: 464. Junior synonym of allaborans: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Forel, 1903a: 709; Bingham, 1903: 113; Ward, 2001: 602.
 * subtilis. Sima subtilis Emery, 1899b: 500, pl. 11, figs. 24, 25 (w.) MYANMAR. Junior synonym of compressa: Emery, 1895k: 464; of allaborans: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Forel, 1903a: 709; Bingham, 1903: 113; Ward, 2001: 602.
 * sumatrensis. Sima allaborans var. sumatrensis Emery, 1900d: 676, fig. 6 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117 (q.). Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117; in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78. Junior synonym of allaborans: Ward, 2001: 602.
 * longinoda. Sima allaborans var. longinoda Forel, 1909e: 395 (w.) SRI LANKA. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 25; in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 78. Raised to species: Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990: 122. Junior synonym of allaborans: Ward, 2001: 602.