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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
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Pseudomyrmecinae
›
Pseudomyrmecini
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Tetraponera
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Tetraponera braunsi
Tetraponera
braunsi
(Forel, 1913)
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Tetraponera clypeata
(Emery, 1886)
Sima braunsi
Forel, 1913a
: 112 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Willowmore (
H. Brauns
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0907470
.
Type notes:
Ward, 2022
: 26, cites 4 worker, 3 queen syntypes.
Combination in
Sima (Tetraponera)
:
Arnold, 1916
: 184;
Emery, 1921c
: 27.
Combination in
Tetraponera
:
Wheeler, 1922
: 797.
Subspecies of
Tetraponera clypeata
:
Arnold, 1916
: 184;
Emery, 1921c
: 27;
Wheeler, 1922
: 797.
Status as species:
Ward, 1990
: 488;
Bolton, 1995b
: 417.
Junior synonym of
Tetraponera clypeata
:
Ward, 2022
: 26.
Obsolete combinations
Sima braunsi
Sima clypeata braunsi
Tetraponera clypeata braunsi
Citations
Arnold, G.
1916.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270.
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C.
1921c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates.
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Forel, A.
1913a.
Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147.
PDF
Ward, P. S.
1990.
The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids.
Systematic Entomology 15:449-489.
PDF
Ward, P. S.
2022.
The ant genus
Tetraponera
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species.
Zootaxa 5102 (1):1-70.
10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)
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