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;

• Gamergate

Identification

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

Check data from AntWeb

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. Arnold, 1926: 195 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1989b: 51 (l.). Senior synonym of bequaerti, cyriluli, lata and material of the unavailable name recta referred here: Brown, 1975: 9.
bequaerti. Platythyrea schultzei var. bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 307 (w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Subspecies of schultzei: Santschi, 1937g: 72. Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9.
cyriluli. Platythyrea cyriluli Forel, 1922: 88 (w.) ANGOLA. Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9.
lata. Platythyrea schultzei var. lata Santschi, 1930a: 53 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9.

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)

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.
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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