Platythyrea arnoldi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Platythyrea arnoldi Forel, 1913j: 206 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“South Rhodesia”): Shiloh (G. Arnold).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Arnold, 1926: 197 (q.m.).
 * Status as species: Arnold, 1915: 28; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 758; Arnold, 1926: 197; Brown, 1975: 8, 47; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221.
 * Senior synonym of apicalis: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
 * Distribution: Kenya, Zimbabwe.
 * apicalis. Platythyrea lamellosa st. apicalis Santschi, 1937g: 71, fig. 1a-b (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * [Note: Santschi’s fig. 1 is incorrectly labelled as Leptogenys.]
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Nyangwe, viii.1932 (L. Lebrun).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of arnoldi: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 336.

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.
 * Arnold G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 191-295.
 * 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
 * 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