Protonym: Sima natalensis var. usambarensis
Authorship Forel, 1911f: 367
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality TANZANIA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Monga (H. Prell) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 799). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907452.
Type notes 1) Ward, 2022: 54, cites only 1 worker, Monga. 2) Other original syntype locality: Tanzania: Moschi (Zimmer).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Sima natalensis usambarensis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis (Forel, 1911)
Original combination
Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, 1858)