Tetraponera nigra

Tetraponera nigra
T. nigra worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Tetraponera
Species:	T. nigra
Binomial name
Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)
Synonyms
Tetraponera atrata

Tetraponera nigra is a species of ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae, which can be found in Borneo, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and China.

Subspecies

• Tetraponera rufonigra ceylonensis (Forel, 1909)
• Tetraponera rufonigra rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)
• Tetraponera rufonigra testaceonigra (Forel, 1903)
• Tetraponera rufonigra yeensis (Forel, 1902)

References

External links

• Media related to Tetraponera nigra at Wikimedia Commons
• "Tetraponera nigra - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
• "Tetraponera nigra". at antwiki.org
• Animaldiversity.org
• Itis.org