The Ants of Africa
Genus Tetraponera
Tetraponera emeryi (Forel)

Tetraponera emeryi (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Sima emeryi, Forel, 1911d: 367, worker; renaming of worker thought to be "capensis", by Emery, 1895h: 24; in Tetraponera, Wheeler, 1922: 797); worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1895h) note on "capensis" is at {original description}. Forel's (1911d) renaming is at {original description}. Arnold (1916: 187) gave a straight translation of Forel's note; this is at {original description}.
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