Tetraponera vantix Fisher, 2025

Fisher, Brian L., 2025, Replacement names for junior homonyms in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys 1256, pp. 81-113 : 81-113

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.162607

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:022D48B6-D029-470F-907D-96134B37CE80

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17370168

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF819181-974D-5987-8BD3-CA2646D85EE2

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Tetraponera vantix Fisher
status

nom. nov.

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Tetraponera