Platythyrea schultzei
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Platythyrea schultzei | |
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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 | |
Synonyms | |
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At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Contents
Identification
Keys including this Species
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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Biology
Castes
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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.
Description
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