Tetraponera mocquerysi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.

Nomenclature

 *  mocquerysi. Sima mocquerysi André, 1890: 319 (w.) SIERRA LEONE. Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 106. Current subspecies: nominal plus biozellata, elongata, lepida, lutea.


 * emacerata. Sima mocquerysi st. emacerata Santschi, 1911c: 352, fig. 1 (w.) KENYA.
 * Santschi, 1914b: 70 (q.).
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 107.
 * Subspecies of mocquerysi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 798; Santschi, 1933b: 100.
 * Raised to species: Santschi, 1920b: 9; Santschi, 1928d: 57; Bernard, 1953b: 221.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * oberbecki. Sima oberbecki Forel, 1911f: 275 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Forel, 1916: 403 (q.).
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 800.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * elongata. Sima mocquerysi var. elongata Stitz, 1911b: 378, fig. 2 (w.) TANZANIA.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 798.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * illota. Sima triangularis st. illota Santschi, 1914d: 334 (w.q.) NIGERIA.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 801.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * odiosa. Sima prelli var. odiosa Forel, 1916: 403 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 800.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * lemoulti. Sima lemoulti Santschi, 1920d: 375 (q.) CONGO.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 798.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * lepida. Tetraponera mocquerysi var. lepida Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 106 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * biozellata. Sima (Sima) mocquerysi var. biozellata Karavaiev, 1931d: 42, fig. 1 (w.q.) KENYA.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 488.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * monardi. Sima monardi Santschi, 1937d: 218, figs. 13, 14 (w.) ANGOLA.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 488.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
 * ledouxi. Tetraponera ledouxi Terron, 1969: 629, figs. 1-5 (w.q.m.) CAMEROUN.
 * Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.



References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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