Checklist of Tetraponera species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Tetraponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names.

A
aethiops Smith, F., 1877 (South Africa)

• Sima spininoda André, 1892

aitkenii (Forel, 1902) (India)

allaborans (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)

• Cerapachys ceylonica Motschoulsky, 1863

• Cerapachys femoralis Motschoulsky, 1863

• Eciton minutum Jerdon, 1851

• Eciton rufipes Jerdon, 1851

• Sima allaborans longinoda Forel, 1909

• Sima allaborans sumatrensis Emery, 1900

• Sima compressa Roger, 1863

• Sima subtilis Emery, 1899

amargina Xu & Chai, 2004 (China)

ambigua (Emery, 1895) (South Africa)

• Sima ambigua erythraea Emery, 1895

• Sima ambigua rhodesiana Forel, 1913

• Sima bifoveolata Mayr, 1895

• Sima bifoveolata maculifrons Santschi, 1912

• Sima bifoveolata syriaca Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916

• Sima encephala Santschi, 1919

• Tetraponera ambigua occidentalis Menozzi, 1934

• Tetraponera ophthalmica angolensis Santschi, 1930

andrei (Mayr, 1895) (Mozambique)

angusta (Arnold, 1949) (Zimbabwe)

anthracina (Santschi, 1910) (Congo)

apiculata Ward, 2001 (Borneo)

arrogans (Santschi, 1911) (Madagascar)

atra Donisthorpe, 1949 (New Guinea)

attenuata Smith, F., 1877 (Borneo)

• Sima attenuata tenuissima Emery, 1900

• Sima attenuata thagatensis Forel, 1902

• Sima birmana Forel, 1902

avia Ward, 2001 (West Malaysia)

B
binghami (Forel, 1902) (Myanmar)

• Sima binghami lindgreeni Forel, 1902

bita Ward, 2001 (Borneo)

braunsi (Forel, 1913) (South Africa)

braunsi durbanensis (Forel, 1914) (South Africa)

brevis Ward, 2001 (West Malaysia)

buops Ward, 2001 (Borneo)

C
capensis (Smith, F., 1858) (South Africa)

claveaui (Santschi, 1913) (Senegal)

clypeata (Emery, 1886) (South Africa)

concava Xu & Chai, 2004 (China)

conica Ward, 2001 (Borneo)

connectens Ward, 2001 (Thailand)

convexa Xu & Chai, 2004 (China)

crassiuscula (Emery, 1900) (Indonesia (Sumatra))

D
demens (Santschi, 1911) (Madagascar)

diana (Santschi, 1911) (Madagascar)

difficilis (Emery, 1900) (Indonesia (Sumatra))

• Sima dilatata Karavaiev, 1933

• Sima nitens Stitz, 1925

• Sima stipitum Forel, 1912

E
emacerata (Santschi, 1911) (Kenya)

emacerata oberbecki (Forel, 1911) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

emacerata odiosa (Forel, 1916) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

emeryi (Forel, 1911) (South Africa)

exasciata (Forel, 1892) (Madagascar)

extenuata Ward, 2001 (Singapore)

F
fictrix (Forel, 1897) (Madagascar)

flexuosa (Santschi, 1911) (Madagascar)

furcata Xu & Chai, 2004 (China)

G
gerdae (Stitz, 1911) (Tanzania)

grandidieri (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

• Sima grandidieri hildebrandti Forel, 1891

H
hespera Ward, 2009 (Madagascar)

hirsuta Ward, 2009 (Madagascar)

hysterica (Forel, 1892) (Madagascar)

hysterica dimidiata (Forel, 1895) (Madagascar)

hysterica inflata (Emery, 1899) (Madagascar)

I
inermis Ward, 2009 (Madagascar)

inversinodis Ward, 2001 (Borneo)

L
laeviceps (Smith, F., 1859) (Indonesia)

• Sima dentifera Karavaiev, 1933

• Sima humerosa Emery, 1900

• Sima platynota Karavaiev, 1933

latifrons (Emery, 1912) (Gabon)

ledouxi Terron, 1969 (Cameroon)

lemoulti (Santschi, 1920) (Congo)

liengmei (Forel, 1894) (Mozambique)

M
manangotra Ward, 2009 (Madagascar)

mandibularis (Emery, 1895) (Madagascar)

mayri (Forel, 1901) (Cameroon)

merita Ward, 2009 (Madagascar)

microcarpa Wu & Wang, 1990 (China)

mimula Ward, 2001 (New Guinea)

mocquerysi (André, 1890) (Sierra Leone)

mocquerysi biozellata (Karavaiev, 1931) (Kenya)

mocquerysi elongata (Stitz, 1911) (Tanzania)

mocquerysi lepida Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

mocquerysi lutea (Stitz, 1911) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

modesta (Smith, F., 1860) (Indonesia (Batjan Island))

• Sima fulva Viehmeyer, 1916

• Tetraponera pisarskii Radchenko, 1997

monardi (Santschi, 1937) (Angola)

morondaviensis (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

N
natalensis (Smith, F., 1858) (South Africa)

natalensis caffra (Santschi, 1914) (South Africa)

natalensis cuitensis (Forel, 1911) (Angola)

natalensis obscurata (Emery, 1895) (South Africa)

natalensis usambarensis (Forel, 1911) (Tanzania)

nigra (Jerdon, 1851) (India)

• Sima nigra fergusoni Forel, 1902

• Sima nigra insularis Emery, 1901

• Sima nigra krama Forel, 1912

• Tetraponera atrata Smith, F., 1852

• Tetraponera petiolata Smith, 1877

nitida (Smith, F., 1860) (Indonesia)

• Pseudomyrma carbonaria Smith, F., 1863

• Sima bidentata Karavaiev, 1933

• Sima bidentata angusticeps Karavaiev, 1933

• Sima brevicornis Emery, 1900

• Sima difficilis longiceps Forel, 1902

• Sima siggi Forel, 1902

• Sima siggi setifera Viehmeyer, 1916

• Sima siggii nebulosa Forel, 1903

• Tetraponera maffini Donisthorpe, 1948

• Tetraponera shankouensis Zhou & Jiang, 1997

nixa Ward, 2001 (Australia)

nodosa Ward, 2001 (Borneo)

notabilis Ward, 2001 (Thailand)

O
ophthalmica (Emery, 1912) (Cameroon)

• Tetraponera nasuta Bernard, 1953

• Tetraponera ophthalmica tenebrosa Santschi, 1928

• Tetraponera ophthalmica unidens Santschi, 1928

P
parops Ward, 2006 (Kenya)

penzigi (Mayr, 1907) (Tanzania)

penzigi continua (Forel, 1907) (Ethiopia)

penzigi praestigiatrix Santschi, 1937 (Tanzania)

perlonga Santschi, 1928 (Madagascar)

phragmotica Ward, 2006 (Madagascar)

pilosa (Smith, F., 1858) (Borneo)

• Sima nicobarensis Forel, 1903

plicatidens (Santschi, 1926) (Madagascar)

polita Ward, 2001 (Borneo)

poultoni Donisthorpe, 1931 (Uganda)

prelli (Forel, 1911) (Tanzania)

protensa Xu & Chai, 2004 (China)

punctulata Smith, F., 1877 (Australia)

• Sima punctulata kimberleyensis Forel, 1915

R
rakotonis (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

rotula Ward, 2001 (Australia)

rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851) (India)

• Sima rufonigra ceylonensis Forel, 1909

• Sima rufonigra testaceonigra Forel, 1903

• Sima rufonigra yeensis Forel, 1902

S
sahlbergii (Forel, 1887) (Madagascar)

sahlbergii deplanata (Forel, 1904) (Madagascar)

sahlbergii longula (Emery, 1895) (Madagascar)

sahlbergii spuria (Forel, 1897) (Madagascar)

schulthessi (Santschi, 1915) (Mozambique)

scotti Donisthorpe, 1931 (Ethiopia)

T
tessmanni (Stitz, 1910) (Equatorial Guinea)

• Viticicola tessmanni castanea Wheeler, W.M., 1922

triangularis (Stitz, 1910) (Equatorial Guinea)

triangularis illota (Santschi, 1914) (Nigeria)

tucurua Ward, 2001 (Australia)

V
variegata (Forel, 1895) (Madagascar)

vivax Ward, 2001 (Indonesia (Java))

volucris Ward, 2001 (Singapore)

Z
zavattarii (Menozzi, 1939) (Ethiopia)