Sima demens

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Sima demens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera morondaviensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Sima demens
Santschi, 1911

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • demens. Sima demens Santschi, 1911i: 282 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 27.
    • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1014.
    • Junior synonym of mandibularis: Ward, 2022: 41.

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