Tetraponera caffra (Santschi) new status

Type location South Africa (Sima natalensis Sm. stirps caffra n. stirps, Santschi, 1914e: 15, all forms) from South Africa, Zululand - see below
quaniama (Sima natalensis Sm. st. cuitensis For. v. quantama n. v., Santschi, 1937d: 218, worker) from Angola, Kapunda - see below

With the Antweb images and fresh specimens below I have raised this to full species status from a subspecies of Tetraponera natalensis. The anterior margin of the clypeus is quite different, being markedly concave, and the mandibles are much stouter on both worker and queen.

It appears that, without comment, Ward & Downie (2005) raised this to species status from DNA analysis.

antschi's (1914e) description is at . Arnold (1916: 177) gave a translation of obscurata and caffra is at , his translation (1916: 177) of cuitensis var. bulawayana is at . Santschi's (1937d) description of quaniama, is at .

The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915532.

The photomontage of the quaniama type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915534.