Platythyrea frontalis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Uganda.

Nomenclature

 * . Platythyrea frontalis Emery, 1899e: 466 (w.q.) CAMEROON.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1975: 46).
 * [Note: original type-series contained syntype workers (number not stated), plus 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: 759; Santschi, 1933b: 95; Brown, 1975: 8, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
 * Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Majer J. D. 1976. The ant mosaic in Ghana cocoa farms: further structural considerations. Journal of Applied Ecology 13: 145-155.
 * Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.