Tetraponera flexuosa

Tetraponera flexuosa (Santschi, 1911) junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera mandibularis (Emery, 1895)

Sima flexuosa Santschi, 1911e: 120 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Madagascar: (no further data) (received from J. de Gaulle). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0101154, CASENT0101155, CASENT0101979. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 89, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Ward, 2022: 41, cites 3 worker syntypes (1 MHNG, 2 NHMB).

Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 27.
Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922k: 1014.
Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 27; Wheeler, 1922: 1014; Bolton, 1995b: 418.
Junior synonym of Tetraponera mandibularis: Ward, 2022: 41.

Obsolete combinations

Sima flexuosa

Citations

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. 1911e. Nouvelles fourmis de Madagascar. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 19:117-134. 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.
Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45:1005-1055. PDF

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