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The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Platythyrea. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Platythyrea species and for distribution information see Platythyrea species by Country.

A

angusta Forel, 1901 (Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
arnoldi Forel, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
• Platythyrea lamellosa apicalis Santschi, 1937

arthuri Forel, 1910 (Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte)

B

bicuspis Emery, 1899 (Madagascar)
bidentata Brown, 1975 (Philippines)
brunnipes (Clark, 1938) (Australia)

C

clypeata Forel, 1911 (China, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam)
• Platythyrea thwaitesi Donisthorpe, 1931

conradti Emery, 1899 (Angola, Benin, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
• Platythyrea monodi Bernard, 1953

cooperi Arnold, 1915 (South Africa)
cribrinodis (Gerstäcker, 1859) (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
   • Platythyrea cribrinodis brevidentata Wheeler, W.M., 1922
   • Platythyrea cribrinodis brevinodis Santschi, 1914
   • Platythyrea cribrinodis punctata Arnold, 1915

crucheti Santschi, 1911 (Angola)

D

dentinodis (Clark, 1930) (Australia)

E

exigua Kempf, 1964 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

F

frontalis Emery, 1899 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Uganda)

G

gracillima Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda)

H

homasawini Jaitrong, Xu & Khachonpisitsak, 2022 (China, Thailand)

I

inermis Forel, 1910 (Philippines)
• Platythyrea maquilingi Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

J

janyai Phengsi, Jaitrong, Ruangsittichai & Khachonpisitsak, 2018 (Malaysia, Thailand)

L

lamellosa (Roger, 1860) (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
   • Platythyrea lamellosa longinoda Forel, 1894
   • Platythyrea lamellosa rhodesiana Forel, 1913
   • Platythyrea lamellosa suturalis Forel, 1909
   • Sima aethiops grisea Forel, 1910

lenca De Andrade, 2004 (Honduras)

M

matopoensis Arnold, 1915 (Zimbabwe)
micans (Clark, 1930) (Australia)
mocquerysi Emery, 1899 (Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte)
• Platythyrea mocquerysi debilior Forel, 1907

modesta Emery, 1899 (Cameroun, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda)

N

nicobarensis Forel, 1905 (India)

O

occidentalis André, 1890 (Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda)

P

pilosula (Smith, F., 1858) (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Venezuela)
• Platythyrea incerta Emery, 1890

prizo Kugler, C., 1977 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)
punctata (Smith, F., 1858) (Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Greater Antilles, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Suriname, United States)
• Platythyrea cineracea Forel, 1886
• Platythyrea pruinosa Mayr, 1870

Q

quadridenta Donisthorpe, 1941 (Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand)

S

sagei Forel, 1900 (India, Singapore)
schultzei Forel, 1910 (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
   • Platythyrea cyriluli Forel, 1922
   • Platythyrea schultzei bequaerti Forel, 1913
   • Platythyrea schultzei lata Santschi, 1930

sinuata (Roger, 1860) (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)
• Platythyrea meinerti Forel, 1905
• Platythyrea meinerti boliviana Santschi, 1921

strenua Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti)

T

tenuis Emery, 1899 (Cameroun, Uganda)
tricuspidata Emery, 1900 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)
• Platythyrea tricuspidata penangensis Wheeler, W.M., 1929

turneri Forel, 1895 (Australia)
   • Eubothroponera bicolor Clark, 1930
   • Eubothroponera reticulata Clark, 1934
   • Eubothroponera septentrionalis Clark, 1934
   • Pachycondyla tasmaniensis Forel, 1913

V

viehmeyeri Santschi, 1914 (United Republic of Tanzania)

Z

zodion Brown, 1975 (Ecuador)

Fossil Species

Platythyrea
	Ponerinae
	; Platythyrea punctata
	; Distribution
	; Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	40
Invalid Species	45
Fossils	6
Countries Occupied	85
Year Described	1863
First Species Described	1858
Last Species Described	2022

D

dentata Lattke, 2003 (Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene))
dlusskyi Aria, Perrichot & Nel, 2011 (Oise amber, France (Ypresian, Early Eocene))

P

primaeva Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene))
procera Lattke, 2003 (Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene))
pumilio De Andrade, 2004 (Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene))

S

scalpra Lattke, 2003 (Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene))