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Platythyrea viehmeyeri
| Platythyrea viehmeyeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Platythyreini |
| Genus: | Platythyrea |
| Species: | P. viehmeyeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Platythyrea viehmeyeri Santschi, 1914
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| At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.
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
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- viehmeyeri. Platythyrea viehmeyeri Santschi, 1914a: 429 (w.) TANZANIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Khutu Steppe, 1912 (K. Schwartze).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 761; Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
- Distribution: Tanzania.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1914a [1913]. Mélanges myrmecologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 429-437 (page 429, worker described)