Tetraponera latifrons

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon.

Biology
This species is an specialist inhabitant of the antplant Barteria fistulosa MASTERS, 1871

Nomenclature

 *  latifrons. Sima (Pachysima) latifrons Emery, 1912b: 98, fig. 4 (q.) GABON. Santschi, 1914c: 288 (w.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 396 (l.). Combination in Pachysima: Wheeler, W.M. 1918c: 305; in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 488. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 308.

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. 1912. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [I-IV.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56: 94-105.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004