Sima compressa

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Sima compressa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera allaborans)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima compressa
Roger, 1863

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera allaborans.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • compressa. Sima compressa Roger, 1863a: 179 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of allaborans: Smith, F. 1877b: 69. Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of ceylonica, femoralis: Emery, 1892b: 167; of subtilis: Emery, 1895k: 464. Junior synonym of allaborans: Dalla Torre, 1893: 53; Forel, 1903a: 709; Bingham, 1903: 113; Ward, 2001: 602.

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