Platythyrea crucheti
Platythyrea crucheti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Platythyreini |
Genus: | Platythyrea |
Species: | P. crucheti |
Binomial name | |
Platythyrea crucheti Santschi, 1911 |
At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -14.9° to -14.9°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- crucheti. Platythyrea crucheti Santschi, 1911g: 205 (w.) ANGOLA.
- Type-material: 3 syntype workera.
- Type-locality: Angola: Benguela, Cucala (J. Cruchet).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 759; Santschi, 1930b: 59; Santschi, 1937d: 214; Brown, 1975: 8, 47; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
- Distribution: Angola.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 204-217 (page 205, worker described)
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.
- Santschi F. 1911. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1: 204-217.
- Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.
- Santschi, F. "Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37 (1930): 53-81.