Platythyrea inermis

Platythyrea inermis
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 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Platythyrea maquilingi Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

At a Glance

• Gamergate

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Platythyrea of southeast Asia

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.

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.

Castes

Worker

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

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.

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.