Tetraponera aethiops

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda.

Biology
This species is an specialist inhabitant of the antplant Barteria fistulosa MASTERS, 1871.

Nomenclature

 *  aethiops. Tetraponera aethiops Smith, F. 1877b: 71 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Santschi, 1911g: 207 (m.); Forel, 1913c: 352 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 392 (l.). Combination in Sima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; in Sima (Pachysima): Emery, 1912b: 97; in Pachysima: Wheeler, W.M. 1918c: 305; in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 487. Senior synonym of spininoda: Emery, 1912b: 97; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 801. See also: Arnold, 1916: 175; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 114.
 * spininoda. Sima spininoda André, 1892a: 51 (w.q.) GABON. Junior synonym of aethiops: Emery, 1912b: 97.