Tetraponera punctulata kimberleyensis

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Tetraponera punctulata kimberleyensis (Forel, 1915) junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera punctulata Smith, 1877

Sima punctulata var. kimberleyensis Forel, 1915b: 37 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia, Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Australia: Western Australia, Kimberley Dist. (E. Mjöberg), Australia: Queensland, Colosseum (E. Mjöberg). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB (perhaps also NHRS). Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 89, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Ward, 2001: 641, cites 14 worker syntypes.

Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 26.
Combination in Tetraponera: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 18.
Subspecies of Tetraponera punctulata: Emery, 1921c: 26; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 18; Taylor, 1987a: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 418.
Junior synonym of Tetraponera punctulata: Ward, 2001: 641.

Obsolete combinations

Sima punctulata kimberleyensis

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
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. PDF
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665. PDF

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