Tetraponera caffra

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Tetraponera caffra (Santschi, 1914) valid

Sima natalensis st. caffra Santschi, 1914e: 15 (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: South Africa: Zululand, Dukudu, 27.viii.1905 (I. Trägårdh) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 799; no lectotype designated), South Africa: Zululand, Lake Sibayi, 7.x.1905 (I. Trägårdh). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB (perhaps also NHRS). Primary type specimen: CASENT0915532. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 88, cites 12 worker, 1 queen, 1 male syntypes in NHMB. 2) Ward, 2022: 48, cites 9 worker, 3 queen, 1 male syntypes in MHNG, NHMB.

Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922j: 799.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Arnold, 1916: 178; Emery, 1921c: 24.
Subspecies of Tetraponera natalensis: Wheeler, 1922: 799; Bolton, 1995b: 417.
Status as species: Ward & Downie, 2005: 314, 316 (in phylogeny); Ward, 2022: 48 (diagnosis).

Obsolete combinations

Sima natalensis caffra

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
Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 15:1-44.
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
Ward, P. S.; Downie, D. A. 2005. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants. Systematic Entomology 30:310-335. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45:711-1004. PDF

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