Tetraponera emeryi
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| Tetraponera emeryi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Tetraponera |
| Species: | T. emeryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetraponera emeryi (Forel, 1911)
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Contents
Identification
A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Mozambique, South Africa (type locality), Swaziland, Zimbabwe.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- emeryi. Sima emeryi Forel, 1911d: 367 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916: 187; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 797.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 159-270 (page 187, Combination in S. (Tetraponera))
- Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 367, worker described)
- Ward, P. S. 2006. The ant genus Tetraponera in the Afrotropical region: synopsis of species groups and revision of the T. ambigua-group. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 8:119-130.
- 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 797, Combination in Tetraponera)
