Tetraponera longula

Identification
A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Sima sahlbergi var. longula Emery, 1895f: 340 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1016.
 * Status as species: Chomicki et al., 2015: Figure S1.
 * Senior synonym of deplanata: Ward, 2022: 40.
 * deplanata. Sima sahlbergi r. deplanata Forel, 1904b: 375 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1016.
 * Junior synonym of longula: Ward, 2022: 40.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1895. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire de Diego-Suarez (Madagascar-nord) (Avril-août 1893). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39: 336-345.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * Santschi F. 1930. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70: 49-77.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055