Sima (Tetraponera) platynota Karawajew, 1933c: 269, Fig. 16, w.

Current status: junior synonym of Tetraponera laeviceps (Smith F., 1859: 145) .

Synonymy: Ward 2001: 630 (s/f Pseudomyrmecinae).

Type locality(-ies): “Wammar, Aruarchipel, 18.III.1913 (Nr. 5365), 3 w auf Rhizophora mucronata gesammelt”.

Original Karawajew labels: 1 w, “Wammar, / Aru. Karaw.”, “5365. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Sima (Tetrapo- / nera) platynota / Karaw. Typus”, “ Syntypus w / Sima (Tetraponera) / platynota Karaw. ”; 1 w, “5365. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Syntypus w / Sima (Tetraponera) / platynota Karaw. ”; 1 w, “Wammar, / Aru. Karaw.”, “5365. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Sima (Tetrapo- / nera) platynota / Karaw. Typus”.

Material: SYNTYPES,3 w (CASENT0916872) (Box 6) .