Platythyrea inermis

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Platythyrea inermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Genus: Platythyrea
Species: P. inermis
Binomial name
Platythyrea inermis
Forel, 1910

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms
At a Glance • Gamergate  

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 17.0302° to 9.3023°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • inermis. Platythyrea inermis Forel, 1910d: 122 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
    • Type-material: holotype worker (destroyed in World War II).
    • Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Rizal Prov., Montalban Gorge (C.S. Banks).
    • Type-depository: Bureau of Science, Manila (destroyed in World War II).
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 118 (l.).
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 58; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 48; Baltazar, 1966: 240; Brown, 1975: 8, 50; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Phengsi, et al. 2018: 98 (in key).
    • Senior synonym of maquilingi: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
    • Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Samar).
  • maquilingi. Platythyrea maquilingi Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 58, pl. 2, figs. 1, 2 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
    • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon. Laguna Prov., Mt Makiling (Baker).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 48; Baltazar, 1966: 240.
    • Junior synonym of inermis: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1): 1-115.