Platythyrea tricuspidata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia. Oriental Region: Thailand.

Nomenclature

 * . Platythyrea tricuspidata Emery, 1900d: 665 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Si Rambé (E. Modigliani).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Imai, et al. 1984: 67 (k.).
 * Status as species: Forel, 1901f: 338; Emery, 1911d: 30; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 49; Brown, 1975: 9, 50; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 37; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 57; Phengsi, et al. 2018: 98 (in key).
 * Senior synonym of penangensis: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), Malaysia (Peninsula, Sabah), Thailand.
 * penangensis. Platythyrea tricuspidata subsp. penangensis Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 29 (q.) WEST MALAYSIA (Penang I.).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Malaysia: Penang I. (F. Silvestri).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * [Misspelled as penagensis by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 49.]
 * Subspecies of tricuspidata: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 49.
 * Junior synonym of tricuspidata: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
 * Emery, C. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.
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 * Jaitrong W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1): 9-54.
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 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Yamane S.; Nona, A. R. 1994. Ants from Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak. Pp. 222-226 in: Inoue, T.; Hamid, A. A. (eds.) 1994. Plant reproductive systems and animal seasonal dynamics. Long-term study of dipterocarp forests in Sarawak. Kyoto: Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, vii + 255 pp.