Tetraponera hysterica

Identification
A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Sima hysterica Forel, 1892l: 258 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1015.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus dimidiata.
 * Senior synonym of inflata: Ward, 2022: 39.
 * inflata. Sima sahlbergi var. inflata Emery, 1899f: 273 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1015.
 * Subspecies of hysterica: Forel, 1904b: 376; Emery, 1921f: 27; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1015; Bolton, 1995b: 418.
 * Junior synonym of hysterica: Ward, 2022: 39.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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. 1999. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)94: 129-147
 * 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.
 * Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
 * 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