The Ants of Africa
Genus Tetraponera
Tetraponera encephala (Santschi)

Tetraponera encephala (Santschi)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Senegal (Sima encephala, Santschi, 1919h: 84, queen; in Tetraponera, Wheeler, 1922: 797) from St. Louis, collected by Claveau; queen only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1919h) description is at {original description}.

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