Tetraponera tessmanni

Distribution
This taxon was described from Equatorial Guinea. It is also found in Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Nomenclature

 *  tessmanni. Sima tessmanni Stitz, 1910: 131, fig. 2 (w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Santschi, 1919h: 84 (q.); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 110 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1918c: 304 (l.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 391 (l.). Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1918c: 303; in Viticicola: Wheeler, W.M. 1919i: 130; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 109; in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28; in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 489. Senior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1950e: 248.
 * castanea. Viticicola tessmanni var. castanea Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 112 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of tessmanni: Brown, 1950e: 248.