Tetraponera fulva

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Tetraponera fulva (Viehmeyer, 1916) junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera modesta (Smith, 1860)

Sima (Tetraponera) fulva Viehmeyer, 1916a: 117, fig. 2 (w.q.) SINGAPORE. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Singapore: 14: 77 (no further data), (xi.1912-vi.1914) (H. Overbeck). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MNHU, NHMB (perhaps also SMTD). Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 89, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Ward, 2001: 616, cites 2 worker syntypes (1 MHNG, 1 NHMB).

Combination in Tetraponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 80.
Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 26; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 418.
Junior synonym of Tetraponera modesta: Ward, 2001: 616.

Obsolete combinations

Sima fulva

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.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Viehmeyer, H. 1916a ("1915"). Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168. PDF
Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665. PDF

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