Tetraponera clypeata (Emery 1886)

Sima clypeata Emery, 1886b PDF: 361, pl. 17, figs. 4, 5 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Syntypes: 3dq, Cape of Good Hope [as "Cap B. Sp."] (leg. Peringuey); 1dq (NHMV): CASENT0915850; MCSN, NHMV, SAMC AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Emery, 1895i PDF: 24 (w.); Emery, 1899f: 6 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956 PDF: 390 (l.).Combination in Sima (Tetraponera): Arnold, 1916 PDF: 182; Emery, 1921c PDF: 27.Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922j PDF: 797.Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 53; Emery, 1895i PDF: 24; Arnold, 1916 PDF: 182; Emery, 1921c PDF: 27; Wheeler, 1922: 797; Bolton, 1995b: 417.