Tetraponera prelli

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Tetraponera prelli (Forel, 1911) junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, 1858)

Sima prelli Forel, 1911f: 365 (w.) TANZANIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Monga (H. Prell). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907474. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Ward, 2022: 54, cites only 1 worker.

Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 28.
Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922j: 800.
Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 28; Wheeler, 1922: 800; Bolton, 1995b: 419.
Junior synonym of Tetraponera natalensis: Ward, 2022: 54.

Obsolete combinations

Sima prelli

Citations

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. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 47:331-400. 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.
Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. 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. PDF

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