Platythyrea sagei

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Platythyrea sagei Forel, 1900d: 315 (w.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka).
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Boudinot, Wachkoo & Bharti, 2016: 60).
 * [Note: Boudinot, Wachkoo & Bharti, 2016: 60, inadvertently use the queen symbol for the lectotype; Forel mentions only workers in both key and description. Other original syntype workers are from Dharmsala (Fulton), and Belgaum (Wroughton).]
 * Type-locality: lectotype India: Dharmsala, IV/5 (Sage).
 * [Note: Boudinot, Wachkoo & Bharti, 2016: 60, overlooked the fact that Brown, 1976: 52, had selected Belgaum as the type-locality.]
 * Type-depository: MHNG (lectotype); other original syntypes in MCZC, MHNG.
 * Boudinot, Wachkoo & Bharti, 2016: 60 (ergatoid m.).
 * Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 74; Forel, 1906b: 91; Emery, 1911d: 29; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 112; Menozzi, 1939a: 327; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 49; Brown, 1975: 9, 52; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Tiwari, 1999: 32; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 53; Boudinot, Wachkoo & Bharti, 2016: 60 (redescription).
 * Distribution: India.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Boudinot B. E., A. A. Wachkoo, and H. Bharti. 2016. The first ergatoid male of Platythyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), with contribution to colony labor suggested by observation and comparative morphology. Myrmecological News 22: 59-64.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1): 1-115.
 * Dubey A.K. 2006. Notes on the Indian species of the genus Platythyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with an identification key. Entomon 31: 45-48.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Forel A. 1900. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332.
 * Forel A. 1906. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42: 79-94.
 * Musthak Ali T. M. 1991. Ant Fauna of Karnataka-1. Newsletter of IUSSI Indian Chapter 5(1-2): 1-8.
 * Narendra A., H. Gibb, and T. M. Ali. 2011. Structure of ant assemblages in Western Ghats, India: role of habitat, disturbance and introduced species. Insect Conservation and diversity 4(2): 132-141.
 * Ramachandra T. V., M. D. Subash Chandran, N. V. Joshi, A. Narendra, and T. M. Ali. 2012. Ant species composition and diversity in the Sharavathi Rivers basin, central Western Ghats. Sahyadri Conservation Series 3, ENVIS Technical Report 20. 51 pages.
 * Tiwari R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4): 1-96.