Platythyrea meinerti

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Platythyrea meinerti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Platythyrea sinuata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Genus: Platythyrea
Species: Platythyrea meinerti
Forel, 1905

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Platythyrea sinuata.

Nomenclature

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

  • meinerti. Platythyrea meinerti Forel, 1905b: 156 (w.) VENEZUELA. Junior synonym of sinuata: Brown, 1975: 9.

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 9, Junior synonym of sinuata)
  • Forel, A. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185 (page 156, worker described)