Tetraponera bifoveolata (Mayr)

Type location Mozambique (Sima bifoveolata nov. spec., Mayr, 1895: 146, worker; in Tetraponera, Wheeler, 1922: 796; Menozzi, 1926a: 37, queen) collected at Delagoa Bay, by Dr Brauns
worker & queen only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

I have raised subspecies Tetraponera maculifrons from Djibouti (stirps of foveolata, Santschi, 1912b: 162, worker), with variety syriaca (Wheeler & Mann, 1916, 167, worker) from Egypt, Sinai, by W M Mann, to species status.

Mayr's (1895) description is at . Arnold (1916: 184) gave a straight translation; this is at . Menozzi's (1926a) description of the queen is at .

Mayr (1895) also noted its collection at Zanzibar, Tanzania. Menozzi (1926a) reported the queen from Somalia, at El Bar El Ellan.

The photomontage of a syntype (minor) worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902814.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetraponera bifoveolata B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 3-65	15.i.1996 Mkomazi 3°54.74' S 37°48.49' E	pkd collection from Combretum molle	1
Tetraponera bifoveolata B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-63	10.i.1996 Mkomazi Igire Hill	pkd collection from Vachellia nilotica;37M 0375103 UTM 9570896	2
Tetraponera bifoveolata B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-17	4.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Vachellia zanzibarica; 37M 0393296 UTM 9555510	3
Tetraponera bifoveolata B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-26	6.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Vachellia zanzibarica; 37M 0374778 UTM 9553640	1
Tetraponera bifoveolata B Taylor det. Queen	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-55	12.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Vachellia nilotica; 37M 0375378 UTM 9571003	2
Tetraponera bifoveolata B Taylor det.	Tanzania G McGavin tree 5-64	13.i.1997 Mkomazi 3°54.75' S 37°48.58' E	pkd collection from Vachellia nilotica; 37M 0375103 UTM 9570896	1

The photomontage is of a major and minor workers from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve; collector G McGavin (Tree 5-17).

The photomontage is of a major worker from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve; collector G McGavin (Tree 5-17).

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve; collector G McGavin (Tree 5-26).

The photomontage is of a dealate queen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve; collector G McGavin (Tree 5-64).

The photomontage is of a dealate queen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game Reserve; collector G McGavin (Tree 5-55).