Platythyrea schultzei

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

Nomenclature

 * . Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910f: 3 (w.) NAMIBIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Namibia: Hereroland, Salem (L. Schultze), and Windhoek (L. Schultze).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Arnold, 1926: 195 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1989b: 51 (l.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Arnold, 1915: 25; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Stitz, 1923: 143; Arnold, 1926: 195; Prins, 1963: 97; Brown, 1975: 9, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221.
 * Senior synonym of bequaerti: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Senior synonym of cyriluli: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Senior synonym of lata: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Material of the unavailable name recta referred here by Brown, 1975: 9.
 * Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
 * bequaerti. Platythyrea schultzei var. bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 307 (w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: Democratic Republic of Congo: Nyangwe (Bequaert), and Katanga, Sankisia (Bequaert).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Subspecies of schultzei: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; Santschi, 1937g: 72.
 * Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
 * cyriluli. Platythyrea cyriluli Forel, 1922: 88 (w.) ANGOLA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Angola (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1930b: 54.
 * Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
 * lata. Platythyrea schultzei var. lata Santschi, 1930a: 53 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Zimbabwe: Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9; 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.
 * 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.
 * Forel A. 1922. Glanures myrmécologiques en 1922. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 30: 87-102.
 * Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Prins A. J. 1963. A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution. Koedoe 6: 91-108.
 * Prins A. J. 1964. Revised list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 7: 77-93.
 * 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