Protonym: Sima tessmanni
Authorship Stitz, 1910: 131, fig. 2
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Equatorial Guinea (“Spanish Guinea”): Alen (Tessmann). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, ZMHB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0907476, FOCOL1166, FOCOL1167, FOCOL1168.
Type notes Ward, 2022: 38, cites 5 worker, 1 dealate queen syntypes.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Sima tessmanni Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera tessmanni (Stitz, 1910)
Original combination
Tetraponera tessmanni Species Valid
Viticicola tessmanni Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera tessmanni (Stitz, 1910)