Platythyrea pilosula

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera pilosula Smith, F. 1858b: 95 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * [Note: a remounted worker in BMNH is labelled “type” and has a red disc. Apart from this the specimen has only a square of yellow paper and the label “Smith coll. Presented by Mrs Farren White.” A second worker, that has not been remounted, has the same labels but lacks the “type” disc, and has a white rectangular label “Frstrm.” Type-locality given by Smith is merely “Brazil.” This is absent from both specimens. It is perhaps best to regard both specimens as syntypes.]
 * Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Combination in Platythyrea: Mayr, 1886c: 358;
 * combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1911d: 106;
 * combination in Platythyrea: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474; Kempf, 1965: 181.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 449; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 41; Emery, 1911d: 106; Borgmeier, 1923: 75; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474; Kempf, 1965: 181; Kempf, 1972a: 206; Brown, 1975: 9, 53; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Wild, 2007b: 40; Mackay, Mackay, et al. 2008: 208; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 513.
 * Senior synonym of incerta: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
 * Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela.
 * incerta. Platythyrea incerta Emery, 1890a: 56 (w.) VENEZUELA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Venezuela: San Esteban (E. Simon).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1198 (l.).
 * Subspecies of punctata: Forel, 1912c: 36.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 27; Forel, 1901f: 336; Emery, 1911d: 30; Mann, 1916: 402; Borgmeier, 1923: 53; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 2; Kempf, 1964a: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 206.
 * Junior synonym of pilosula: Brown, 1975: 9; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Ponera pilosula

A remounted worker in is labelled “type” and has a red disc. Apart from this the specimen has only a square of yellow paper and the label “Smith coll. Presented by Mrs Farren White.” A second worker, that has not been remounted, has the same labels but lacks the “type” disc, and has a white rectangular label “Frstrm.” Type-locality given by Smith is merely “Brazil.” This is absent from both specimens.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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