Sima attenuata thagatensis

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Sima attenuata thagatensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera attenuata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima attenuata thagatensis
Forel, 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • thagatensis. Sima attenuata var. thagatensis Forel, 1902c: 249 (w.) INDIA. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1924b: 5; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 82. Junior synonym of attenuata: Bingham, 1903: 112; revived from synonymy as subspecies of nigra: Forel, 1909d: 226; raised to species: Forel, 1912n: 55; returned to junior synonymy of attenuata: Ward, 2001: 622.

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