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Platythyrea matopoensis
| Platythyrea matopoensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Platythyreini |
| Genus: | Platythyrea |
| Species: | P. matopoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platythyrea matopoensis Arnold, 1915 | |
| At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (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.
- matopoensis. Platythyrea mocquerysi var. matopoensis Arnold, 1915: 32 (q.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Matopo Hills (G. Arnold).
- Type-depository: SAMC.
- Arnold, 1926: 196 (m.).
- Subspecies of mocquerysi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Arnold, 1926: 196.
- Status as species: Brown, 1975: 8, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
- Distribution: Zimbabwe.
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 32, queen described)
- Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 196, male described)
- 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, Raised to species)