Sima humerosa

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Sima humerosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera laeviceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima humerosa
Emery, 1900

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

Nomenclature

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

  • humerosa. Sima humerosa Emery, 1900d: 674 (footnote) (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Mann, 1919: 306; in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 80. Junior synonym of laeviceps: Ward, 2001: 630.

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