Tetraponera mandibularis

Identification
A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  Sima mandibularis Emery, 1895f: 340, fig. 1 (q.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
 * Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1015.
 * Senior synonym of flexuosa: Ward, 2022: 41.
 * flexuosa. Sima flexuosa Santschi, 1911e: 120 (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

 * Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
 * 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. 1911. Nouvelles fourmis de Madagascar. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 19: 117-134.
 * 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