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Species: Tetraponera ophthalmica

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae Genus: Tetraponera

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Sima ophthalmica Emery, 1912b PDF: 98 (w.) CAMEROUN. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in Tetraponera (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921c: 28; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922: 107.

Senior synonym of Tetraponera nasuta, Tetraponera tenebrosa, Tetraponera unidens: Ward, 2006 PDF: 126.

Distribution:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Kakamega Forest

Notes:

Caste of types: (w)

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Santschi, F., 1928:
Congo Belge: Luebo, 30, VIII, 1921 (Dr H. Schouteden), i [[ worker ]].
[[ worker ]]. — Long. 3,8 mm. — Noire ou noir brunatre. Mandibules, epistome, scapes, base et bout du funicule et des tibias, tarses, roussatres. Devant et cotes de la tete, cotes du thorax, reste des funicules et des tibias, d'un brun plus ou moins rougeatres. Tete et thorax reticules ponctues comme chez le type et submats. Gastre et postpetiole luisants et lisses. La tete est un peu plus longue, pour le reste comme chez ophthalmica Em .
Congo Belge, Lukula, 17 - IX- 1920 (Dr H. Schouteden). [[ worker ]] Type au Musee du Congo Belge.

Wheeler, W. M., 1922:
Text Figure 22
Nine workers taken by Dr. Bequaert at Thysville agree perfectly with Emery's description. The species is very easily recognized by its huge eyes. The specimens were found "running on limbs of Barteria fistulosa, whose cavities were not inhabited by ants."

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 12 times found in rainforest, 10 times found in rainforest, marsh clearing, 2 times found in rainforest canopy, 1 times found in coastal lowland rainforest, 1 times found in Equatorial rainforest

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 12 times EC28 Malaise trap, 9 times EC32 sweeping, 1 times Beat 25 sample transect, 10m, beating low vegetation, 1 times sweep

Elevations: collected from 50 - 1600 meters, 456 meters average