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Tetraponera

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy

Tetraponera was named by Smith (1852). It is extant.

It was assigned to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Pseudomyrmecinae by Bolton (2003) and Bolton (2012).

Species

T. europaea, T. groehni, T. klebsi, T. lacrimarum, T. ocellata, T. oligocenica, T. simplex (syn. Sima angustata)

Synonyms

Sima was named by Roger (1863). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tetraponera by Bolton (2003) and Dlussky (2009).

It was assigned to Pseudomyrmini by Wheeler (1915); and to Myrmicinae by Theobald (1937).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1852	Tetraponera Smith p. 44
1863	Sima Roger
1915	Sima Wheeler
1937	Sima Theobald p. 127
1992	Tetraponera Carpenter
2003	Tetraponera Bolton p. 31
2012	Tetraponera Bolton

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
—	Aculeata	()
superfamily	Formicoidea
family	Formicidae	()
subfamily	Pseudomyrmecinae	Smith 1952
genus	Tetraponera	Smith 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tetraponera Smith 1852

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†Tetraponera europaea Dlussky 2009

†Tetraponera groehni Dlussky 2009

†Tetraponera klebsi Wheeler 1915

†Tetraponera lacrimarum Wheeler 1915

†Tetraponera ocellata Mayr 1868

†Tetraponera oligocenica Theobald 1937

†Tetraponera simplex Mayr 1868

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Invalid names: Sima angustata Mayr 1868 [synonym]

Invalid names: Sima Roger 1863 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 38.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	Sima ocellata, Sima angustata (109625) Sima ocellata, Sima simplex (120811) T. angustata, T. simplex (120813)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	T. simplex (129228) T. simplex, T. lacrimarum, T. europaea, T. ocellata (129227)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Ukraine	T. angustata (113621 122998) T. simplex, T. europaea, T. ocellata (122997)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Sima klebsi, Sima angustata, Sima lacrimarum, Sima simplex (124073) Sima ocellata (123757) Sima ocellata, Sima simplex, Sima angustata (123927) T. angustata (122591) T. simplex (123420) T. simplex, T. ocellata, T. groehni (110735)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	France	Sima oligocenica (113709)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Lithuania	T. ocellata (113470)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Denmark	T. simplex, T. ocellata (123762)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Germany	Sima klebsi (122407)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	China (Fujian)	T. sp. (220273)