Protonym: Sima penzigi
Authorship Mayr, 1907b: 10
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality TANZANIA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Tanzania (“Deutsch-Ostafrika”): Kilimanjaro, Kahi, vi.1905 (Y. Sjöstedt) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 800; no lectotype designated), Tanzania (“Deutsch-Ostafrika”): Usambara, nr Tanda, 19.vi.1905 (Y. Sjöstedt). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MNHU, NHMW, NHRS. Primary type specimens: CASENT0915851, FOCOL1155, FOCOL1156, FOCOL1157.
Type notes Ward, 2022: 35, cites 15 worker, 2 alate queen, 2 male syntypes (11w, 2q, 2m NHMW, 1w MHNG, 3w MNHU).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Sima penzigi Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera penzigi (Mayr, 1907)
Original combination
Tetraponera penzigi Species Valid