Taxonomy of Genus Tetraponera Smith, 1852
Slender ants
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 319
21125
328720 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 165
17348
314830 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 62
6400
167168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 5
1575
54996 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants | 1575
54996 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Pseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
| 24
1359 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Pseudomyrmecini
Smith, 1952
| 14
1347 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Tetraponera
Smith, 1852
Slender ants | 287 | Species |
Subnodes of Tetraponera Smith, 1852 | Subgenus | Tetraponera (Parasima)
Donisthorpe, 1948
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Tetraponera (Tetraponera)
penzigi Mayr, 1909
Slender ants | 0 | Species | | Species | Tetraponera aethiops Smith, F., 1877
Toughleaf dogwood | | | | Species | Tetraponera aitkeni Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera aitkenii Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera allaborans Walker, 1859
| 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera allaborens Walker, 1859
| | | | Species | Tetraponera amargina Xu & Chai, 2004
| | | | Species | Tetraponera ambigua Emery, 1895
Horseshoe crabs | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera andamanensis Forel, 1903
| | | | Species | Tetraponera andrei Mayr, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera angolensis Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera angusta Arnold, 1949
Carpenter tellin | | | | Species | Tetraponera angustata Mayr, 1868
| | | | Species | Tetraponera angusticeps Smith, 1860
| | | | Species | Tetraponera anthracina Santschi, 1910
Tiger lucine | | | | Species | Tetraponera apiculata Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera arrogans Santschi, 1911
Wavy-line astarte | | | | Species | Tetraponera atra Donisthorpe, 1949
| | | | Species | Tetraponera atrata Smith, 1852 ⇒ Tetraponera nigra
| | | | Species | Tetraponera attenuata Smith, F., 1877
Toughleaf dogwood | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera avia Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera bidentata Karavaiev, 1933
Salmon tellin | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera bifoveolata Mayr, 1895
| 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera binghami Forel, 1902
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera biozellata Karavaiev, 1931
| | | | Species | Tetraponera birmana Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera bita Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera braunsi Forel, 1913
Flattened carditid | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera brevicornis Emery, 1900
| | | | Species | Tetraponera brevis Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera bulawayana Forel, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera buops Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera caffra Santschi, 1914
| | | | Species | Tetraponera capensis Smith, F., 1858
Louisiana pearlshell | | | | Species | Tetraponera carbonaria Smith, 1863
| | | | Species | Tetraponera ceylonensis Jerdon, 1851
| | | | Species | Tetraponera ceylonica Motschoulsky, 1863
| | | | Species | Tetraponera claveaui Santschi, 1913
| | | | Species | Tetraponera clypeata Emery, 1886
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera compressa Roger, 1863
| | | | Species | Tetraponera concava Xu & Chai, 2004
| | | | Species | Tetraponera concolor Smith, 1860
| | | | Species | Tetraponera conica Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera connectens Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera continua Forel, 1907
| | | | Species | Tetraponera convexa Xu & Chai, 2004
| | | | Species | Tetraponera cortina Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera crassiuscula Emery, 1900
| | | | Species | Tetraponera crassiusculata Emery, 1900
| | | | Species | Tetraponera cuitensis Forel, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera demens Santschi, 1911
Wavy-line astarte | | | | Species | Tetraponera dentifera Karavaiev, 1933
Salmon tellin | | | | Species | Tetraponera deplanata Forel, 1904
| | | | Species | Tetraponera diana Santschi, 1911
Wavy-line astarte | | | | Species | Tetraponera difficilis Emery, 1900
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera dilatata Karavaiev, 1933
Salmon tellin | | | | Species | Tetraponera dimidiata Forel, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera dispar Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera durbanensis Forel, 1914
| | | | Species | Tetraponera elegans Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera elongata Stitz, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera emacerata Santschi, 1911
Wavy-line astarte | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera emeryi Forel, 1911
Cedar beetle | | | | Species | Tetraponera encephala Santschi, 1919
Rose-painted semele | | | | Species | Tetraponera equidentata Forel, 1913
| | | | Species | Tetraponera erythraea Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera erythrea Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera europaea ♰ Dlussky, 2009
| | | | Species | Tetraponera exactor Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera exasciata Forel, 1892
| | | | Species | Tetraponera extenuata Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera femoralis Motschoulsky, 1863
| | | | Species | Tetraponera fergusoni Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera fictrix Forel, 1897
| | | | Species | Tetraponera flexuosa Santschi, 1911
Wavy-line astarte | | | | Species | Tetraponera fulva Viehmeyer, 1916
| | | | Species | Tetraponera furcata Xu & Chai, 2004
| | | | Species | Tetraponera furtiva Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera gerdae Stitz, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera grandidieri Forel, 1891
Smooth astarte | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera groehni ♰ Dlussky, 2009
| | | | Species | Tetraponera hespera Ward, 2009
| | | | Species | Tetraponera hildebrandti Forel, 1891
| | | | Species | Tetraponera hirsuta Ward, 2009
| | | | Species | Tetraponera humerosa Emery, 1900
| | | | Species | Tetraponera hysterica Forel, 1892
Smooth astarte | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera illota Santschi, 1914
| | | | Species | Tetraponera indet
| | | | Species | Tetraponera inermis Ward, 2009
| | | | Species | Tetraponera inflata Emery, 1899
| | | | Species | Tetraponera insularis Jerdon, 1851
| | | | Species | Tetraponera inversinodis Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera kimberleyensis Smith, 1877
| | | | Species | Tetraponera klebsi ♰ Wheeler, 1915
| | | | Species | Tetraponera kosi Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera krama Jerdon, 1851
| | | | Species | Tetraponera lacrimarum ♰ Wheeler, 1915
| | | | Species | Tetraponera laeviceps Smith, F., 1859
| | | | Species | Tetraponera latifrons Emery, 1912
| | | | Species | Tetraponera latrifrons Emery, 1912
| | | | Species | Tetraponera le Santschi, 1920
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera ledouxi Terron, 1969
| | | | Species | Tetraponera lemoulti Santschi, 1920
| | | | Species | Tetraponera lepida Wheeler, 1922
| | | | Species | Tetraponera liengmei Forel, 1894
Compact astarte | | | | Species | Tetraponera lindgreeni Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera longiceps Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera longinoda Forel, 1909
| | | | Species | Tetraponera longula Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera lutea Stitz, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera maculifrons Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera maffini Donisthorpe, 1948
| | | | Species | Tetraponera manangotra Ward, 2009
| | | | Species | Tetraponera mandibularis Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera mayri Forel, 1901
| | | | Species | Tetraponera merita Ward, 2009
| | | | Species | Tetraponera microcarpa Wu & Wang, 1990
| | | | Species | Tetraponera mimula Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera minuta Jerdon, 1851
| | | | Species | Tetraponera mocquerysi André, 1890
| 6 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera modesta Smith, F., 1860
Pimpled diplodon | | | | Species | Tetraponera monardi Santschi, 1937
Alaska great-tellin | | | | Species | Tetraponera morondaviensis Forel, 1891
| | | | Species | Tetraponera nasuta Bernard, 1953 ⇒ Tetraponera ophthalmica
Savannah lilliput | | | | Species | Tetraponera natalenis
| | | | Species | Tetraponera natalensis Smith, F., 1858
Louisiana pearlshell | 8 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera nebulosa Smith, 1860
| | | | Species | Tetraponera nicobarensis Forel, 1903
Dwarf surfclam | | | | Species | Tetraponera nigra Jerdon, 1851
| 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera nitens Stitz, 1925
Carinate shipworm | | | | Species | Tetraponera nitida Smith, F., 1860
Pimpled diplodon, Toothed black tree-ant | | | | Species | Tetraponera nixa Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera nodosa Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera notabilis Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera oberbecki Forel, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera obscurata Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera occidentalis Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera ocellata ♰ Mayr, 1868
| | | | Species | Tetraponera odiosa Forel, 1916
| | | | Species | Tetraponera oligocenica ♰ Theobald, 1937
| | | | Species | Tetraponera ophthalmica Emery, 1912
| 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera parops Ward, 2006
| | | | Species | Tetraponera pedana Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera penzigi Mayr, 1907
Leptosynapta montacutid | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera periyarensis Bharti & Akbar, 2014
| | | | Species | Tetraponera perlonga Santschi, 1928
| | | | Species | Tetraponera petiolata Smith, 1877 ⇒ Tetraponera nigra
Toughleaf dogwood | | | | Species | Tetraponera phragmotica Ward, 2006
| | | | Species | Tetraponera pilosa Smith, F., 1858
Louisiana pearlshell | | | | Species | Tetraponera pisarskii Radchenko, 1997 ⇒ Tetraponera modesta
| | | | Species | Tetraponera platynota Karavaiev, 1933
Salmon tellin | | | | Species | Tetraponera plicatidens Santschi, 1926
Northern dwarf-tellin | | | | Species | Tetraponera polita Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera poultoni Donisthorpe, 1931
| | | | Species | Tetraponera praestigiatrix Santschi, 1937
| | | | Species | Tetraponera prelli Forel, 1911
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera protensa Xu & Chai, 2004
| | | | Species | Tetraponera pumila Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera punctulata Smith, F., 1877
Savanna black tree ant, Toughleaf dogwood, Tree Ant | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera quaniama Forel, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera rakotonis Forel, 1891
| | | | Species | Tetraponera redacta Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera rhodesiana Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera rotula Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera rufipes Jerdon, 1851
| | | | Species | Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon, 1851
Dwarf surfclam | 5 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera sahlbergi Emery, 1895
| 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera sahlbergii Forel, 1887
Atlantic mud-piddock | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera schulthessi Santschi, 1915
Plain tellin | | | | Species | Tetraponera scotti Donisthorpe, 1931
| | | | Species | Tetraponera setifera Smith, 1860
| | | | Species | Tetraponera setosa Ward, 2022
| | | | Species | Tetraponera shankouensis Zhou & Jiang, 1997
| | | | Species | Tetraponera siggi Forel, 1902
Dwarf surfclam | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera siggii Smith, 1860
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera simplex ♰ Mayr, 1868
| | | | Species | Tetraponera spec Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera spininoda André, 1892
| | | | Species | Tetraponera spuria Forel, 1897
| | | | Species | Tetraponera stipitum Forel, 1912
| | | | Species | Tetraponera subtilis Emery, 1889
| | | | Species | Tetraponera sumatrensis Walker, 1859
| | | | Species | Tetraponera syriaca Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera tenebrosa Emery, 1912
| | | | Species | Tetraponera tenuissima Smith, 1877
| | | | Species | Tetraponera tessmanni Stitz, 1910
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera testacea Smith, 1852
| | | | Species | Tetraponera testaceonigra Jerdon, 1851
| | | | Species | Tetraponera thagatensis Forel, 1902
| | | | Species | Tetraponera triangularis Stitz, 1910
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Tetraponera tucurua Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera umbrata Emery, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera unidens Emery, 1912
| | | | Species | Tetraponera usambarensis Forel, 1911
| | | | Species | Tetraponera variegata Forel, 1895
| | | | Species | Tetraponera vivax Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera volucris Ward, 2001
| | | | Species | Tetraponera yeensis Jerdon, 1851
| | | | Species | Tetraponera zavattarii Menozzi, 1939
Empress venus | | |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Tetraponera
Distribution of Tetraponera Smith, 1852 Algeria
| Angola
| Australia
11 Species | Bangladesh
| Belgium
| Benin
| Bhutan
| Bolivia
| Botswana
| Brazil
1 Species | Brunei
| Burundi
| Cambodia
| Cameroon
| Central African Republic
| China
15 Species | Comoros
| Costa Rica
1 Species | Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Denmark
| Djibouti
| Egypt
| Equatorial Guinea
| Eritrea
| Estonia
| Ethiopia
| France
| Gabon
| Gambia
| Germany
| Ghana
| Guinea
| Guyana
| India
10 Species | Indonesia
21 Species | Israel
| Ivory Coast
| Japan
| Kenya
| Laos
| Latvia
| Liberia
| Libya
| Lithuania
| Madagascar
28 Species | Malaysia
24 Species | Mauritania
| Mongolia
| Mozambique
| Myanmar
| Namibia
| Nepal
| Niger
| Nigeria
| North Korea
| Pakistan
| Palau
| Panama
| Papua New Guinea
| Peru
| Philippines
| Poland
| Republic South Africa
| Russia
| Rwanda
| Saint Lucia
| São Tomé and Príncipe
| Saudi Arabia
| Senegal
| Seychelles
| Sierra Leone
| Singapore
| Solomon Islands
| Somalia
| South Korea
| Sri Lanka
| Sudan
| Suriname
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| Taiwan
| Tanzania
| Thailand
| Togo
| Uganda
| Ukraine
| United Arab Emirates
| USA
2 Species | Vietnam
| Yemen
| Zambia
| Zimbabwe
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Distribution on islands Krakatoa
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