Sima triangularis illota
Sima triangularis illota | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera mocquerysi) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
Genus: | Tetraponera |
Species: | Sima triangularis illota Santschi, 1914 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera mocquerysi.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- illota. Sima triangularis st. illota Santschi, 1914d: 334 (w.q.) NIGERIA.
- Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 801.
- Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
References
- Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 334, worker, queen described)
- Ward, P. S. 2022. The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species. Zootaxa 5102 (1):1-70 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 801, Combination in Tetraponera)