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 depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907470.
Type notes:
Ward, 2022: 26, cites 4 worker, 3 queen syntypes.
- 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
- 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)
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
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- aethiops
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- allaborans
- amargina
- ambigua
- andrei
- anthracina
- apiculata
- atra
- attenuata
- avia
- binghami
- bita
- brevis
- buops
- caffra
- clypeata
- concava
- conica
- connectens
- continua
- convexa
- cortina
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- diana
- difficilis
- dispar
- elegans
- emeryi
- †europaea
- exactor
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- fictrix
- furcata
- furtiva
- gerdae
- grandidieri
- †groehni
- hespera
- hirsuta
- hysterica
- inermis
- insularis
- inversinodis
- †klebsi
- kosi
- †lacrimarum
- laeviceps
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- mandibularis
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- merita
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- modesta
- morondaviensis
- natalensis
- nigra
- nitida
- nixa
- nodosa
- notabilis
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- †oligocenica
- ophthalmica
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- periyarensis
- perlonga
- phragmotica
- pilosa
- polita
- protensa
- pumila
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- rakotonis
- redacta
- rotula
- rufonigra
- sahlbergii
- schulthessi
- setosa
- †simplex
- tessmanni
- tucurua
- variegata
- vivax
- volucris
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