Tetraponera tessmanni
(Stitz, 1910)
valid
Sima tessmanni
Stitz, 1910:
131, fig. 2 (w.)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Syntypes: 1w, Alen (leg. Tessmann) (MHNG); 1w, Alen (leg. Tessmann) (NHMB); 1dq, 2w, Alen (leg. Tessmann) (ZMHB); 1w (MHNG): CASENT0907476; 1dq, 2w (ZMHB): FOCOL1166, FOCOL1167, FOCOL1168
- Santschi, 1919h: 84 (q.); Wheeler, 1922b: 110 (m.); Wheeler, 1918c: 304 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956: 391 (l.).
- Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1918c: 303; in Viticicola: Wheeler, 1919k: 130; Wheeler, 1922b: 109; in Sima (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 28; in Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 489.
- Placement in molecular phylogeny: Chomicki et al., 2015: Figure S1.
- Senior synonym of Tetraponera tessmanni castanea: Brown, 1950g: 248.
Junior synonyms
- Tetraponera tessmanni castanea (Wheeler, 1922)
Citations
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Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950g. Morphological, taxonomic, and other notes on ants. Wasmann Journal of Biology 8:241-250.
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Chomicki, G.; Ward, P. S.; Renner, S. S. 2015. Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B. 282:20152200.
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Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates.
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Santschi, F. 1919h. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo Belge du Musée du Congo Belge, à Tervueren. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 7:79-91.
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Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151.
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Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Systematic Entomology 15:449-489.
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Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. The ant larvae of the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49:374-398.
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Wheeler, W. M. 1918c. A study of some ant larvae, with a consideration of the origin and meaning of the social habit among insects. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 57:293-343.
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Wheeler, W. M. 1919k. A singular neotropical ant (Pseudomyrma filiformis Fabricius). Psyche (Cambridge) 26:124-131.
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Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45:39-269.
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