Sima nicobarensis

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nicobarensis. Sima nicobarensis Forel, 1903d: 402 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is). Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 80. Junior synonym of pilosa: Ward, 2001: 648.

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