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Platythyrea exigua
| Platythyrea exigua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Platythyreini |
| Genus: | Platythyrea |
| Species: | P. exigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Platythyrea exigua Kempf, 1964
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| At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -10.31666667° to -22.809943°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.
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.
- exigua. Platythyrea exigua Kempf, 1964a: 142, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 9 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Mato Grosso, Rio Papagaio, Utiariti (350 m.), viii.1961 (K. Lenko); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: DZSP (holotype); DZSP, MZSP (paratypes).
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 206; Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Wild, 2007b: 40; Feitosa, 2015c: 99.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Delabie, J. H. C. 2002 [2001]. New range of the Brazilian endemic Platythyrea exigua (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Platythyreini). Rev. Biol. Trop. 49: 1282 (page 1282, see also)
- Kempf, W. W. 1964a. Uma nova Platythyrea do Brasil (Hym., Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 11: 141-144 (page 142, figs. 1-3 worker, queen 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.
- Delabie J. H. C. 2001. New range of the Brazilian endemic Platythyrea exigua (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Platythyreini). Revista de Biologia Tropical 49:1282.
- Kempf W. W. 1964. Uma nova Platythyrea do Brasil (Hym., Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 11: 141-144.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Scott-Santos, C.P., F.A. Esteves, C.R.F. Brandao. 2008. Catalogue of "Poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(11):75-88.