Protonym: Sima natalensis var. usambarensis
Authorship Forel, 1911f: 367
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality TANZANIA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Monga (H. Prell) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 799; no lectotype designated), Tanzania: Moschi (Zimmer). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907452.
Type notes Ward, 2022: 54, cites 1 worker syntype.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Sima natalensis usambarensis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis (Forel, 1911)
Original combination
Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, 1858)