Tetraponera morondaviensis

Identification
A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  morondaviensis. Sima sahlbergii r. morondaviensis Forel, 1891b: 206 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1016. Subspecies of sahlbergii: Emery, 1921f: 28; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1016. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 54; Ward, 1991: 338, 346.
 * dimidiata. Sima hysterica r. dimidiata Forel, 1895h: 487 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1015.
 * Junior synonym of morondaviensis: Ward, 2022: 41.
 * arrogans. Sima arrogans Santschi, 1911e: 117 (q.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1014.
 * Junior synonym of morondaviensis: Ward, 2022: 41.
 * demens. Sima demens Santschi, 1911i: 282 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1014.
 * Junior synonym of mandibularis: Ward, 2022: 41.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Blaimer B. B., S. G. Brady, T. R. Schultz, and B. L. Fisher. 2015. Fucntional and phylogenetic approaches reveal the evolution of diversity in a hyper diverse biota. Ecography 38: 001-012.
 * 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.
 * Forel A. 1897. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen und von Herrn Perrot auf Ste. Marie (Madagaskar) gesammelten Ameisen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 185-208.
 * Santschi F. 1911. Nouvelles fourmis de Madagascar. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 19: 117-134.
 * Santschi F. 1928. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (quatrième note). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 16: 54-69.
 * Ward P. S., and D. A. Downie. 2005. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae: phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants. Systematic Entomology 30: 310-335.
 * 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