Sima rufonigra testaceonigra

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Sima rufonigra testaceonigra
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera rufonigra)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima rufonigra testaceonigra
Forel, 1903

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

Nomenclature

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

  • testaceonigra. Sima rufonigra var. testaceonigra Forel, 1903d: 402 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is). Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 82. Junior synonym of rufonigra: Ward, 2001: 649.

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