Platythyrea lamellosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology
Villet et al. (1990) studied social organization in this queenless ant

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera lamellosa Roger, 1860: 295 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1989b: 51 (l.).
 * Combination in Platythyrea: Roger, 1863a: 173; Roger, 1863b: 17.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 442; Dalla Torre, 1893: 27; Mayr, 1895: 125; Emery, 1911d: 29; Forel, 1913b: 307; Arnold, 1915: 25; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 759; Brown, 1975: 8, 47; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
 * Senior synonym of grisea: Forel, 1913b: 307; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Senior synonym of longinoda: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Senior synonym of rhodesiana: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Senior synonym of suturalis: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
 * grisea. Sima aethiops subsp. grisea Forel, 1910f: 5 (m.) BOTSWANA.
 * Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Botswana: Kalahari, between Khakhea and Kang, xii.1904 (L. Schultze).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Junior synonym of lamellosa: Forel, 1913b: 307; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * longinoda. Platythyrea lamellosa r. longinoda Forel, 1894b: 75 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Valdezia (P. Berthoud).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Subspecies of lamellosa: Forel, 1910f: 3; Emery, 1911d: 29; Forel, 1913h: 347; Arnold, 1915: 26; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760.
 * Junior synonym of lamellosa: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * rhodesiana. Platythyrea lamellosa var. rhodesiana Forel, 1913a: 110 (w.m.) ZIMBABWE.
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: none given (Zimbabwe by implication; Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 127, adds “Rhodesia: Bulawayo”. Probable collector is G. Arnold).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Forel, 1913h: 347 (q.).
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1913h: 347; Arnold, 1915: 27; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760.
 * Subspecies of lamellosa: Prins, 1963: 98.
 * Junior synonym of lamellosa: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * suturalis. Platythyrea lamellosa subsp. suturalis Forel, 1909b: 64 (w.) ANGOLA.
 * Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Angola: Benguela (C. Wellman).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Subspecies of lamellosa: Emery, 1911d: 29; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Santschi, 1930b: 54; Santschi, 1937d: 214.
 * Junior synonym of lamellosa: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Forel A. 1909. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53: 51-73.
 * Forel A. 1910. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 1-30.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
 * Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004