Platythyrea inermis
Platythyrea inermis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Platythyreini |
Genus: | Platythyrea |
Species: | P. inermis |
Binomial name | |
Platythyrea inermis Forel, 1910 | |
Synonyms | |
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At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 17.0302° to 9.3023°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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
Worker
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- inermis. Platythyrea inermis Forel, 1910d: 122 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
- Type-material: holotype worker (destroyed in World War II).
- Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Rizal Prov., Montalban Gorge (C.S. Banks).
- Type-depository: Bureau of Science, Manila (destroyed in World War II).
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 118 (l.).
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 58; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 48; Baltazar, 1966: 240; Brown, 1975: 8, 50; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Phengsi, et al. 2018: 98 (in key).
- Senior synonym of maquilingi: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
- Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Samar).
- maquilingi. Platythyrea maquilingi Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 58, pl. 2, figs. 1, 2 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
- Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon. Laguna Prov., Mt Makiling (Baker).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 48; Baltazar, 1966: 240.
- Junior synonym of inermis: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
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 maquilingi)
- Forel, A. 1910d. Fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. Sect. D. Gen. Biol. Ethnol. Anthropol. 5: 121-130 (page 122, worker described)
- 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, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1952a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae - Part I. Am. Midl. Nat. 48: 111-144 (page 118, larva described)
- Yamane, S., Tanaka, H.O., Hasimoto, Y., Ohashi, M., Meleng, P., Itioka, T. 2021. A list of ants from Lambir Hills National Park and its vicinity, with their biological information: Part II. Subfamilies Leptanillinae, Proceratiinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Dorylinae, Dolichoderinae, Ectatomminae and Formicinae. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 31, 87–157.
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.