Platythyrea gracillima

Platythyrea gracillima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Platythyreini
Genus:	Platythyrea
Species:	P. gracillima
Binomial name
	Platythyrea gracillima; Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Specimen Label

At a Glance

• Gamergate

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Afrotropical Platythyrea workers

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.383333333° to -2.32406°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Ghana, Kenya, 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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

gracillima. Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 59, fig. 5 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Avakubi, from stomach of a toad (Bufo regularis) (Lang & Chapin).
- Type-depository: AMNH.
- [Misspelled as gracilliens by Santschi, 1937g: 73.]
- Status as species: Santschi, 1937g: 73; Brown, 1975: 8, 52; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya.

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 52, see also)
Jaitrong, W., Xu, Z., Khachonpisitsak, S. 2022. A new species of the ant Platythyrea clypeata species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae) from continental Asia. ZooKeys 1115, 151–168 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1115.86477).
Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 59, fig. 5 worker 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. 2004. Diversity patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient on Monts Doudou in southwestern Gabon. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 28: 269-286.
Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.