Platythyrea inconspicua Mayr, 1870 junior synonym of current valid taxon Platythyrea parallela (Smith, 1859)
Platythyrea inconspicua Mayr, 1870b: 961 (q.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
Primary type information: Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”) (Sichel). Type-depository: NHMW. Type notes: Type-locality recorded as South America by Emery, 1890b: 56, who said it was described “par erreur d’étiquette comme provenant de Ceylan”. Brown, 1975: 48, explains Emery’s error and establishes Sri Lanka as the correct locality.
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