Published February 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Tetraponera nitida

  • 1. agradchenko @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8850 - 0530
  • 2. bfisher @ calacademy. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4653 - 3270
  • 3. flaviaesteves @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6613 - 1343
  • 4. martynova _ kv @ ukr. net; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9896 - 3504
  • 5. bazhenowa. tanya 63 @ gmail. com

Description

Sima (Tetraponera) bidentata Karawajew, 1933c: 264, Fig. 13, w.

Current status: junior synonym of Tetraponera nitida (Smith F., 1860: 106).

Synonymy: Ward 2001: 636 (s/f Pseudomyrmecinae).

Type locality(-ies): “ Buitenzorg, Java, Botan. Garten, 16.XII.1912 (Nr. 2890), ww. Auf Geb ̧sch gesammelt.— Geser, 10.IV.1913 (Nr.5318), einige w. An der Ķste auf Geb ̧sch,zusammen mit Sima allaborans sunsp. sumatrensis gesammelt.—Ķste von Bantam, Westspitze von Java an der Sundastrasse gegeņber der Insel Mieuven-Eiland, 7.I.1913 (Nr. 2396), 3 w. Der F̧hlerschaft ist bei diesen Exemplaren etwas ķrzer als bei denselben aus Buitenzorg und Geser.—Banda-Neira (Nr. 5325), ww. Gr̂sser als die vorhergehenden Exemplare, nämlich 5 mm lang.— Sumbawa-Besaar (Nr. 5326), einige ww von dersleben Gr̂sse wie die vorhergehenden”.

Original Karawajew labels: 7 ww on 3 pins, “ Java, / Buitenzorg”, “2890. Coll. / Karavaievi Original Karawajew labels:”, “ Sima (Tetrapo- / nera) bidentata / Karaw. Typus”, “ Syntypus ww / Sima (Tetraponera) / bidentata Karaw. ”; 3 w, “ Bantam, / Java. Karaw.”, “2396. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Sima (Tetrapo- / nera) bidentata Kar. / Karawajew det.”; 2 w, “Geser, / Karawajew”, “5318. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Sima (Tetrapo- / nera) bidentata Kar. / Karawajew det.”; 3 w, “5318. Coll. / Karavaievi”; 1 w, “Sumbawa—Besaar. / Karawajew”, “5326. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Sima (Tetrapo- / nera) bidentata Kar. / Karawajew det.”; 6 w, “5326. Coll. / Karavaievi”; 2 w, “Banda—Neira / Karawajew”, “5325. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Sima (Tetrapo- / nera) bidentata Kar. / Karawajew det.”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 24 w (CASENT0916867) (Box 6).

Notes

Published as part of Radchenko, Alexander G., Fisher, Brian L., Esteves, Flavia A., Martynova, Ekateryna V., Bazhenova, Tatyana N. & Lasarenko, Svetlana N., 2023, Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae, pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 5244 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7645729

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CASENT
Event date
1912-12-16
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Tetraponera
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CASENT0916867
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Smith F.
Species
nitida
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , syntype
Verbatim event date
1912-12-16/1913-04-10
Taxonomic concept label
Tetraponera nitida (F., 1860) sec. Radchenko, Fisher, Esteves, Martynova, Bazhenova & Lasarenko, 2023

References

  • Karawajew, W. (1933 c) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. 7. (Schluss). Konowia, 12, 260 - 271.
  • Ward, P. S. (2001) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15, 589 - 665. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IT 01001