Pseudomyrma natalensis

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Pseudomyrma natalensis Smith, 1858 an obsolete combination of Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, 1858)

Pseudomyrma natalensis Smith, 1858a: 160 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902819. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Ward, 2022: 54, cites 1 queen syntype in BMNH.

Citations

Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. 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

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