Platythyrea pilosula

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Platythyrea pilosula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Genus: Platythyrea
Species: P. pilosula
Binomial name
Platythyrea pilosula
(Smith, F., 1858)

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Specimen Label

Synonyms
At a Glance • Gamergate  

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to -22.809943°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Venezuela.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0178861. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0178860. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • pilosula. Ponera pilosula Smith, F. 1858b: 95 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
    • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
    • [Note: a remounted worker in BMNH is labelled “type” and has a red disc. Apart from this the specimen has only a square of yellow paper and the label “Smith coll. Presented by Mrs Farren White.” A second worker, that has not been remounted, has the same labels but lacks the “type” disc, and has a white rectangular label “Frstrm.” Type-locality given by Smith is merely “Brazil.” This is absent from both specimens. It is perhaps best to regard both specimens as syntypes.]
    • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Combination in Platythyrea: Mayr, 1886c: 358;
    • combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1911d: 106;
    • combination in Platythyrea: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474; Kempf, 1965: 181.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 449; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 41; Emery, 1911d: 106; Borgmeier, 1923: 75; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474; Kempf, 1965: 181; Kempf, 1972a: 206; Brown, 1975: 9, 53; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Wild, 2007b: 40; Mackay, Mackay, et al. 2008: 208; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 513.
    • Senior synonym of incerta: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
    • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela.
  • incerta. Platythyrea incerta Emery, 1890a: 56 (w.) VENEZUELA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Venezuela: San Esteban (E. Simon).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1198 (l.).
    • Subspecies of punctata: Forel, 1912c: 36.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 27; Forel, 1901f: 336; Emery, 1911d: 30; Mann, 1916: 402; Borgmeier, 1923: 53; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 2; Kempf, 1964a: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 206.
    • Junior synonym of pilosula: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Ponera pilosula

A remounted worker in The Natural History Museum is labelled “type” and has a red disc. Apart from this the specimen has only a square of yellow paper and the label “Smith coll. Presented by Mrs Farren White.” A second worker, that has not been remounted, has the same labels but lacks the “type” disc, and has a white rectangular label “Frstrm.” Type-locality given by Smith is merely “Brazil.” This is absent from both specimens.

Description

Karyotype

  • n = 20, 2n = 40 (French Guiana) (Mariano et al., 2015).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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