Tetraponera ophthalmica angolensis
Tetraponera ophthalmica angolensis | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera ambigua) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
Genus: | Tetraponera |
Species: | Tetraponera ophthalmica angolensis Santschi, 1930 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera ambigua.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- angolensis. Tetraponera ophthalmica st. angolensis Santschi, 1930b: 61, fig. 1 (w.) ANGOLA.
- Junior synonym of ambigua: Ward, 2006: 123; Ward, 2022: 8.
References
- Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Rev. Suisse Zool. 37: 53-81 (page 61, fig. 1 worker 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).