Sima prelli

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

Nomenclature

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

  • prelli. Sima prelli Forel, 1911d: 365 (w.) TANZANIA.
    • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
    • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 800.
    • Junior synonym of natalensis: Ward, 2022: 54.

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