Platythyrea reticulata

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Platythyrea reticulata (Clark, 1934) junior synonym of current valid taxon Platythyrea turneri Forel, 1895

Eubothroponera reticulata Clark, 1934b: 33, pl. 2, fig. 16 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sutherland, 16.ix.1914 (W.M. Wheeler). Type-depository: MCZC (perhaps also in MVMA).

Junior synonym of Platythyrea turneri: Brown, 1975: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Obsolete combinations

Eubothroponera reticulata

Citations

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
Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8:21-47. 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
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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