Sima spininoda

Sima spininoda
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera aethiops)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Tetraponera
Species:	Sima spininoda André, 1892

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

Nomenclature

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

• spininoda. Sima spininoda André, 1892a: 51 (w.q.) GABON. Junior synonym of aethiops: Emery, 1912b: 97.

References

• André, E. 1892a. Matériaux myrmécologiques. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 11: 45-56.
• Ward, P. S. 2022. The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species. Zootaxa 5102 (1):1-70 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1).