Viticicola tessmanni castanea Wheeler, 1922 an obsolete combination of Tetraponera tessmanni castanea (Wheeler, 1922)
Viticicola tessmanni var. castanea Wheeler, 1922b: 112 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Avakubi (H.O. Lang). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, MSNG, NHMB, USNM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915540. Type notes: Ward, 2022: 38, cites 17 worker, 4 queen syntypes.
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