Protonym: Viticicola tessmanni var. castanea
Authorship Wheeler, 1922b: 112
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Avakubi (H.O. Lang). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, MSNG, NHMB, USNM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915540.
Type notes Ward, 2022: 38, cites 17 worker, 4 queen syntypes.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Tetraponera tessmanni castanea Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera tessmanni (Stitz, 1910)
Viticicola tessmanni castanea Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera tessmanni castanea (Wheeler, 1922)
Original combination