Platythyrea tenuis
Platythyrea tenuis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Platythyreini |
Genus: | Platythyrea |
Species: | P. tenuis |
Binomial name | |
Platythyrea tenuis Emery, 1899 |
At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 5.343472° to 5.343472°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Uganda.
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
Images from AntWeb
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Lectotype of Platythyrea tenuis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907111. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- tenuis. Platythyrea tenuis Emery, 1899e: 467 (w.q.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1975: 45).
- [Note: original type-series contained syntype workers (number not stated), 1(?) syntype queen.]
- Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data), 1895 (Conradt).
- Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); MHNG, MSNG (other original syntypes).
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 761; Brown, 1975: 9, 45; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
- Distribution: Cameroon.
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 45, see also)
- Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 467, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Yeo K., L. M. M. Kouakou, W. Dekoninck, K. Ouattara, and S. Konate. 2016. Detecting intruders: assessment of the anthropophilic ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the city of Abidjan and along access roads in Banco National Park (Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Entomology and Zoological Studies 4(4): 351-359.