Tetraponera continua

Identification
A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia, Gambia, Senegal.

Nomenclature

 * . Sima penzigi subsp. continua Forel, 1907c: 138 (w.) ETHIOPIA.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 800.
 * Status as species: Ward, 2006: 121; Chomicki et al., 2015: Figure S1.
 * Senior synonym of claveaui: Ward, 2022: 27.
 * claveaui. Sima claveaui Santschi, 1913c: 304 (w.) SENEGAL.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 797.
 * Junior synonym of continua: Ward, 2022: 27.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
 * Diame L., B. Taylor, R. Blatrix, J. F. Vayssieres, J. Y. Rey, I. Grechi, and K. Diarra. 2017. A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of Senegal. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 5(15): 1-16.
 * Forel A. 1907. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 26: 129-144.
 * 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