Platythyrea cooperi
Platythyrea cooperi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Platythyreini |
Genus: | Platythyrea |
Species: | P. cooperi |
Binomial name | |
Platythyrea cooperi Arnold, 1915 |
At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.66667° to -29.76667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cooperi. Platythyrea cooperi Arnold, 1915: 29 (w.m.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Durban, Stella Bush (C.B. Cooper).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, DMKN, NHMB, SAMC.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 758; Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 1-159 (page 29, worker, male 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.