Tetraponera braunsi

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Tetraponera braunsi (Forel, 1913) junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera clypeata (Emery, 1886)

Sima braunsi Forel, 1913a: 112 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Willowmore (H. Brauns). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907470. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 89, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Ward, 2022: 26, cites 4 worker, 3 queen syntypes in MHNG.

Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916: 184; Emery, 1921c: 27.
Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922: 797.
Subspecies of Tetraponera clypeata: Arnold, 1916: 184; Emery, 1921c: 27; Wheeler, 1922: 797.
Status as species: Ward, 1990: 488; Bolton, 1995b: 417.
Junior synonym of Tetraponera clypeata: Ward, 2022: 26.

Obsolete combinations

Citations

Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270. PDF
Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Systematic Entomology 15:449-489. PDF
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. 10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)

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