Platythyrea mocquerysi

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Platythyrea mocquerysi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Genus: Platythyrea
Species: P. mocquerysi
Binomial name
Platythyrea mocquerysi
Emery, 1899

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Specimen Label

Synonyms
At a Glance • Gamergate  

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.8802° to -20.06666667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Comoros.
Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality), Mayotte.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Lectotype of Platythyrea mocquerysiWorker. Specimen code casent0101722. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Platythyrea mocquerysi debiliorWorker. Specimen code casent0101806. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Platythyrea mocquerysi debiliorWorker. Specimen code casent0101864. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Platythyrea mocquerysi debiliorWorker. Specimen code casent0101890. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Paralectotype of Platythyrea mocquerysiWorker. Specimen code casent0102008. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Paralectotype of Platythyrea mocquerysiWorker. Specimen code casent0102009. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0102996. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0102997. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0104035. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0106094. Photographer Michael Branstetter, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by UCDC, Davis, CA, USA.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0146723. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • mocquerysi. Platythyrea mocquerysi Emery, 1899f: 270 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1975: 46).
    • [Note: original type-series consisted of syntype workers (number not stated), and 1 syntype queen.]
    • Type-locality: Madagascar: Antongil Bay (A. Mocquerys).
    • Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); MHNG, MSNG (other original syntypes).
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Arnold, 1915: 32; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760, 1007; Arnold, 1926: 196; Brown, 1975: 8, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
    • Senior synonym of debilior: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
    • Distribution: Madagascar.
  • debilior. Platythyrea mocquerysi var. debilior Forel, 1907g: 76 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Madagascar: Tulear (A. Voeltzkow), and N Mahafaly (A. Voeltzkow).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Subspecies of mocquerysi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1007.
    • Junior synonym of mocquerysi: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 336.

Description

References

  • 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 8, senior synonym of debilior)
  • Emery, C. 1899e. Formiche di Madagascar raccolte dal Sig. A. Mocquerys nei pressi della Baia di Antongil (1897-1898). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 31: 263-290 (page 270, 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.
  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
  • Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
  • Ravelomanana A., and B. L. Fisher. 2013. Diversity of ants in burned and unburned grassland , and dry deciduous forest in the Beanka Reserve, Melaky Region, western Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 7: 171-183.
  • Ward P. S. 2007. The ant genus Leptanilloides: discovery of the male and evaluation of phylogenetic relationships based on DNA sequence data. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 637-649.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055