Protonym: Sima bifoveolata
Authorship Mayr, 1895: 146
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality MOZAMBIQUE
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Mozambique: Delagoa Bay (= Maputo Bay) (H. Brauns) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 796). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG, MSNG, NHMW. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902814.
Type notes 1) Ward, 2006: 123, cites 22 worker syntypes. 2) Other original syntype locality: Tanzania: Zanzibar (H. Brauns).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Sima bifoveolata Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera bifoveolata (Mayr, 1895)
Original combination
Tetraponera bifoveolata Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)