Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis

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

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

Sima natalensis var. usambarensis Forel, 1911f: 367 (w.) TANZANIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Monga (H. Prell) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 799; no lectotype designated), Tanzania: Moschi (Zimmer). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907452. Type notes: Ward, 2022: 54, cites 1 worker syntype.

[Misspelled as usumbarensis by Ward, 2022: 54.]
Santschi, 1914b: 70 (q.)
Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922j: 799.
Subspecies of Tetraponera natalensis: Santschi, 1914b: 70; Emery, 1921c: 24; Wheeler, 1922: 799; Bolton, 1995b: 419; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 222.
Junior synonym of Tetraponera natalensis: Ward, 2022: 54.

Obsolete combinations

Sima natalensis usambarensis

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
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. 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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Formicidae subfamilies Pseudomyrmecinae tribes Pseudomyrmecini genera Tetraponera species Tetraponera natalensis subspecies Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis infrasubspecies

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