Tetraponera mocquerysi

Tetraponera mocquerysi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Tetraponera
Species group:	natalensis
Species:	T. mocquerysi
Binomial name
Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890) Specimen labels
Synonyms
Sima lemoulti Santschi, 1920 Sima mocquerysi biozellata Karavaiev, 1931 Sima mocquerysi elongata Stitz, 1911 Sima mocquerysi emacerata Santschi, 1911 Sima monardi Santschi, 1937 Sima oberbecki Forel, 1911 Sima prelli odiosa Forel, 1916 Sima triangularis illota Santschi, 1914 Tetraponera ledouxi Terron, 1969 Tetraponera mocquerysi lepida Wheeler, W.M. 1922

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera
• Key to Afrotropical Tetraponera species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.5° to -12.46062°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Cameroun (type locality), Central African Republic, Congo (type locality), Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya (type locality), Nigeria (type locality), Rwanda, Sierra Leone (type locality), Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0178283. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by LACM, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Syntype of Tetraponera emacerata odiosa. Worker. Specimen code casent0907475. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Not part of a type series: Tetraponera emacerata oberbecki. Worker. Specimen code casent0907473. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Sima lemoulti. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0915530. Photographer Alexandra Westrich, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• mocquerysi. Sima mocquerysi André, 1890: 319 (w.) SIERRA LEONE. Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 106. Current subspecies: nominal plus biozellata, elongata, lepida, lutea.

• emacerata. Sima mocquerysi st. emacerata Santschi, 1911c: 352, fig. 1 (w.) KENYA.
  • Santschi, 1914b: 70 (q.).
  • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 107.
  • Subspecies of mocquerysi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 798; Santschi, 1933b: 100.
  • Raised to species: Santschi, 1920b: 9; Santschi, 1928d: 57; Bernard, 1953b: 221.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• oberbecki. Sima oberbecki Forel, 1911f: 275 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Forel, 1916: 403 (q.).
  • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
  • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 800.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• elongata. Sima mocquerysi var. elongata Stitz, 1911b: 378, fig. 2 (w.) TANZANIA.
  • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 798.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• 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.
• odiosa. Sima prelli var. odiosa Forel, 1916: 403 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
  • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 800.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• lemoulti. Sima lemoulti Santschi, 1920d: 375 (q.) CONGO.
  • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 798.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• lepida. Tetraponera mocquerysi var. lepida Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 106 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• biozellata. Sima (Sima) mocquerysi var. biozellata Karavaiev, 1931d: 42, fig. 1 (w.q.) KENYA.
  • Combination in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 488.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• monardi. Sima monardi Santschi, 1937d: 218, figs. 13, 14 (w.) ANGOLA.
  • Combination in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 488.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.
• ledouxi. Tetraponera ledouxi Terron, 1969: 629, figs. 1-5 (w.q.m.) CAMEROUN.
  • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Ward, 2022: 51.

References

• André, E. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 9: 311-327. (page 319, worker described)
• Nsengimana, V., Hagenimana, T., Barakagwira, J., de Dieu Nsenganeza, J., Iradukunda, S. C., Majyambere, M., Kizungu, O. B., Nkundimana, A., Umutoni, D., Fabrice, R., Cyubahiro, B., Kouakou, L. M., Kolo, Y., Anale, J. S., Gómez, K., Dekoninck, W. 2023. Checklist of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Nyungwe Tropical Rain Forest, south-western Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2), 69-81 (doi:10.2982/028.111.0203).
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• 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. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 106, Combination in Tetraponera)
• Yode, C.-V.D., Dosso, K., Kouakou, L.M.M., Kolo, Y., Dekoninck, W., Konate, S., Kouassi, K.P. 2020. Evaluating Efficiency of Different Sampling Methods for Arboreal Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in A West African Forest-Savanna Mosaic. Sociobiology 67, 492-500 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v67i4.5558).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• André E. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 9: 311-327.
• Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
• Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
• Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
• CSIRO Collection
• Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Kone M., S. Konate, K. Yeo, P. K. Kouassi, K. E. Linsemair. 2010. Diversity and abundance of terrrestrial ants along a gradient of land use intensification in a transitional forest-savannah zone of Cote d'Ivoire. Journal of Applied Biosciences 29: 1809-1827.
• Lévieux J. 1972. Les fourmis de la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire): éléments de taxonomie. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A. Sciences Naturelles 34: 611-654.
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• Santschi F. 1933. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 73: 95-108.
• Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
• Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.
• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004
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