Platythyrea pusilla australis

Platythyrea pusilla australis Forel, 1915 junior synonym of current valid taxon Platythyrea parallela (Smith, 1859)

Platythyrea pusilla var. australis Forel, 1915b: 10 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Australia: Queensland, Blackall Range (E. Mjöberg), Queensland, Mt Tambourine (E. Mjöberg). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB (perhaps also NHRS). Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 127, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1198 (l.)
Junior synonym of Platythyrea parallela: Brown, 1975: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 336.

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae: second supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64:1197-1217. PDF

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