D 17. Tetraponera vantix Fisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Tetraponera insularis Ward, 2022: 49, junior secondary homonym of Sima nigra var. insularis Emery, 1901 b: 113 (current combination Tetraponera nigra insularis), junior synonym of Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851: 112) .

Type locality.

Madagascar: Mahajanga, Forêt Anabohazo.

Type material.

Holotype worker.

Type depository.

CASC.

Etymology.

Arbitrary combination of letters, treated as a noun in apposition.