Sima stipitum

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Sima stipitum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera difficilis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima stipitum
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • stipitum. Sima stipitum Forel, 1912n: 54 (w.) SINGAPORE. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27; in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 82. Junior synonym of difficilis: Ward, 2001: 628.

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