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Platythyrea frontalis
| Platythyrea frontalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Platythyreini |
| Genus: | Platythyrea |
| Species: | P. frontalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platythyrea frontalis Emery, 1899
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| At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.15° to 6.15°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Uganda.
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.
- frontalis. Platythyrea frontalis Emery, 1899e: 466 (w.q.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1975: 46).
- [Note: original type-series contained syntype workers (number not stated), plus 1(?) syntype queen.]
- Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data), 1895 (Conradt).
- Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); MHNG, MSNG (other original syntypes).
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 759; Santschi, 1933b: 95; Brown, 1975: 8, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast.
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 46, see also)
- Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 466, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Majer J. D. 1976. The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms: further structural considerations. Journal of Applied Ecology 13: 145-155.
- Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.