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Platythyrea dentinodis
| Platythyrea dentinodis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Platythyreini |
| Genus: | Platythyrea |
| Species: | P. dentinodis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platythyrea dentinodis (Clark, 1930)
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The very rare Platythyrea dentinodis was described from Tammin, in the western wheatbelt, and has recently been collected by a Curtin researcher near Worsley in the lower Darling Range. Even more surprisingly, since this work has been submitted for publication, P. dentinodis has been collected by a Curtin student in the coastal Perth suburb of Cottesloe, in relictual bushland. (Heterick 2009)
| At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Identification Keys including this Taxon
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -32.15333° to -32.15333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dentinodis. Eubothroponera dentinodis Clark, 1930c: 9, fig. 1 (nos. 6, 6a) (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Bungulla (J. Clark).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MVMA.
- Combination in Platythyrea: Brown, 1975: 8.
- Status as species: Brown, 1975: 8, 53; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 37; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Heterick, 2009: 136.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, worker(s), Bungulla, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
- Syntype, 3 workers, Tammin, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
Description
Brown (1975) provided the following: This species, still known only from the type series (Museum of Comparative Zoology) from Bungulla, Western Australia, is a unicolorous, yellowish red, or ferruginous yellow, described by Clark as "castaneous." The sculpture is rather loose and coarse and generally fairly strongly shining, and the middle of the posterodorsal petiolar margin bears a small but sharp and uptilted tooth. The standing hairs are dark, coarse and long, up to 0.18 mm long on some dorsal surfaces. The antennae, mandibles, and legs are no darker in color than the rest of the body.
References
- 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: 1-115 (page 8, Combination in Platythyrea)
- Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 43: 2-25 (page 9, fig. 1 worker described)
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.