Taxacom: Ant taxonomists: help please

[Mikhail Daneliya]

Hi Mary,
Not an expert, but contacted Dmitry Dubovikoff, who is not in the list. So
he replied:
Now these taxa are valid. Two different species: Tetraponera penzigi (Mayr,
1907) and T.continua (Forel, 1907). The last one was described as a
subspecies of the first, but now they are separate species.
Recent updates and references can be found at antcat.org.

Sincerely,
Mikhail Daneliya

On Fri, 7 Jun 2024, 15:27 Mary Barkworth via Taxacom, <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
wrote:

> Are Tetraponera continua and T. penzigi continua synonyms? Both are listed
> with (Forel, 1907) as the author citation - Catalogue of life accepts the
> subspecies version but does not list synonyms.
> I am trying to ensure that all names of insects known to GBIF from the
> core of the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Somaliland, Somali Region of
> Ethiopia, and Somalia) are in OpenZooMuseum - hence my interest.
> Mary Barkworth, botanist
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