Platythyrea sinuata

Platythyrea sinuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Platythyreini
Genus:	Platythyrea
Species:	P. sinuata
Binomial name
Platythyrea sinuata (Roger, 1860) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Platythyrea meinerti Forel, 1905 Platythyrea meinerti boliviana Santschi, 1921

DaRocha et al. (2015) studied the diversity of ants found in bromeliads of a single large tree of Erythrina, a common cocoa shade tree, at an agricultural research center in Ilhéus, Brazil. Forty-seven species of ants were found in 36 of 52 the bromeliads examined. Bromeliads with suspended soil and those that were larger had higher ant diversity. Platythyrea sinuata was found in a bromeliad but was associated with twigs and bark cavities, rather than the suspended soil or litter, of the plant.

At a Glance

• Gamergate

Identification

Silva-Rocha et al. (2017) - Platythyrea sinuata exhibits a great morphological similarity with Platythyrea angusta, Platythyrea pilosula and Platythyrea punctata making its correct identification difficult (Brown, 1975).

Keys including this Species

• Key to New World Platythyrea

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 9.46667° to -16.256667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, Suriname (type locality), Venezuela.

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

Silva-Rocha et al. (2017) collected individuals from a colony found in a cabruca area (cocoa plantation in native forest understory), between a rotted trunk and soil in Ilhéus, Brazil (14°47’51”S, 39°02’13”W). Karyotype anlysis revealed this species had 2n=44 chromosomes, with karyotypic formula 2k=24M+20A.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0260485. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Nomenclature

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

• sinuata. Ponera sinuata Roger, 1860: 297 (w.m.) SURINAME, GUYANA, HAITI.
  • Type-material: 5 syntype workers, 1 syntype male.
  • Type-localities: 2 workers Suriname, 2 workers Guyana: Demarara, 1 worker Venezuela(?): Valencia, and 1 male Haiti: Port au Prince (Ehrenberg).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • Combination in Platythyrea: Roger, 1863a: 173; Roger, 1863b: 17.
  • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 442; Dalla Torre, 1893: 27; Emery, 1911d: 30; Mann, 1916: 403 (in key); Kempf, 1964a: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 206; Brown, 1975: 9, 54; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Mackay, Mackay, et al. 2008: 209; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 124; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 513.
  • Senior synonym of boliviana: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
  • Senior synonym of meinerti: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
  • Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
• boliviana. Platythyrea meinerti st. boliviana Santschi, 1921g: 83 (w.) BOLIVIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Bolivia: Carandeiti (Lizer & Deletang).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of meinerti: Kempf, 1964a: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 206.
  • Junior synonym of sinuata: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
• meinerti. Platythyrea meinerti Forel, 1905b: 156 (w.) VENEZUELA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Venezuela: La Moka (Meinert).
  • Type-depository: ZMUC.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 30; Mann, 1916: 402; Borgmeier, 1923: 53; Kempf, 1961b: 490; Kempf, 1964a: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 206.
  • Junior synonym of sinuata: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Description

Karyotype

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• 2n = 44, karyotype = 24M+20A (Brazil) (Silva-Rocha et al., 2017).

References

• Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
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