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

 *  lamellosa. Ponera lamellosa Roger, 1860: 295 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1989b: 51 (l.). Combination in Platythyrea: Roger, 1863a: 173. Senior synonym of grisea: Forel, 1913b: 307; of longinoda, rhodesiana, suturalis: Brown, 1975: 8.
 * longinoda. Platythyrea lamellosa r. longinoda Forel, 1894b: 75 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of lamellosa: Brown, 1975: 8.
 * suturalis. Platythyrea lamellosa subsp. suturalis Forel, 1909b: 64 (w.) ANGOLA. Junior synonym of lamellosa: Brown, 1975: 8.
 * grisea. Sima aethiops subsp. grisea Forel, 1910f: 5 (m.) BOTSWANA. Junior synonym of lamellosa: Forel, 1913b: 307.
 * rhodesiana. Platythyrea lamellosa var. rhodesiana Forel, 1913a: 110 (w.m.) ZIMBABWE. Forel, 1913h: 347 (q.). Junior synonym of lamellosa: Brown, 1975: 8.

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