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Species: Tetraponera caffra   (Santschi, 1914) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Sima natalensis st. caffra Santschi, 1914e: 15 (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. "Syntypes: 8w, 3dq, 1m, Dukudu, Zululand (leg. Tragardh)." MHNG, NHMB. 1w (NHMB): CASENT0915532. http://antweb.org/specimen/CASENT0915532 AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, 1922j PDF: 799. Raised to species: Ward & Downie, 2005 PDF: 326.
Placement in molecular phylogeny: Chomicki, Ward & Renner, 2015 10.1098/rspb.2015.2200 PDF: Figure S1.

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Tetraponera caffra. Mtunzini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: 12 July 2016. Photos by Philip Herbst; collection by Ricky Taylor

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Afrotropical Region: Africa, Eastern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Sofala, South Africa, Southern Africa

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in Eastern Coastal Belt Forest, 1 times found in savanna woodland, 1 times found in savannah woodland.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 3 times Vachellia thorns, 1 times ex dead thorn of Vachellia xanthophloea, 1 times ex dead thorn of Acacia xanthophloia.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times By hand.

Elevations: collected from 11 - 200 meters, 31 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Sima natalensis caffra: casent0915532; syntype of Tetraponera natalensis caffra: rmcaent000017746



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