Sima punctulata kimberleyensis

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Sima punctulata kimberleyensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera punctulata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima punctulata kimberleyensis
Forel, 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • kimberleyensis. Sima punctulata var. kimberleyensis Forel, 1915b: 37 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 26; in Tetraponera: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 18. Junior synonym of punctulata: Ward, 2001: 641.

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