Platythyrea schultzei

Platythyrea schultzei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Platythyreini
Genus:	Platythyrea
Species:	P. schultzei
Binomial name
Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910 Specimen Label
Synonyms
Platythyrea cyriluli Forel, 1922 Platythyrea schultzei bequaerti Forel, 1913 Platythyrea schultzei lata Santschi, 1930

At a Glance

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Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Afrotropical Platythyrea workers

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia (type locality), South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Nomenclature

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

• schultzei. Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910f: 3 (w.) NAMIBIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Namibia: Hereroland, Salem (L. Schultze), and Windhoek (L. Schultze).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
  • Arnold, 1926: 195 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1989b: 51 (l.).
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Arnold, 1915: 25; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Stitz, 1923: 143; Arnold, 1926: 195; Prins, 1963: 97; Brown, 1975: 9, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221.
  • Senior synonym of bequaerti: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
  • Senior synonym of cyriluli: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
  • Senior synonym of lata: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
  • Material of the unavailable name recta referred here by Brown, 1975: 9.
  • Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
• bequaerti. Platythyrea schultzei var. bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 307 (w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo: Nyangwe (Bequaert), and Katanga, Sankisia (Bequaert).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Subspecies of schultzei: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Santschi, 1937g: 72.
  • Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
• cyriluli. Platythyrea cyriluli Forel, 1922: 88 (w.) ANGOLA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Angola (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1930b: 54.
  • Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
• lata. Platythyrea schultzei var. lata Santschi, 1930a: 53 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Zimbabwe: Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

References

• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 195, male described)
• 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 9, Senior synonym of bequaerti, cyriluli and lata, and material of the unavailable name recta referred here)
• Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschr. M (page 3, worker described)
• Peeters, C. (1987) The diversity of reproductive systems in Ponerine ants. In: Eder, J. & Rembold, H. (Eds.), Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects. Verlag J. Peperny, München, pp. 253–254.
• Villet, M. 1991. Social differentiation and division of labour in the queenless ant Platythyrea schultzei Forel 1910 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trop. Zool. 4, 13-29.
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1989b. Notes on ant larvae: Ponerinae. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 97: 50-55 (page 51, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
• Forel A. 1910. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 1-30.
• Forel A. 1922. Glanures myrmécologiques en 1922. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 30: 87-102.
• Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Prins A. J. 1963. A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution. Koedoe 6: 91-108.
• Prins A. J. 1964. Revised list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 7: 77-93.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004