Platythyrea lamellosa rhodesiana

Platythyrea lamellosa rhodesiana Forel, 1913 junior synonym of current valid taxon Platythyrea lamellosa (Roger, 1860)

Platythyrea lamellosa var. rhodesiana Forel, 1913a: 110 (w.m.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: none given. Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907106. Type notes: 1) Type locality Zimbabwe (by implication). 2) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 127, adds “Rhodesia: Bulawayo” and cites 1 worker in NHMB. 3) Probable collector is G. Arnold.

Forel, 1913i: 347 (q.)
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1913i: 347; Arnold, 1915: 27; Wheeler, 1922: 760; Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 127.
Subspecies of Platythyrea lamellosa: Prins, 1963: 98.
Junior synonym of Platythyrea lamellosa: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Citations

Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
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. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
Forel, A. 1913i. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:347-359. PDF
Prins, A. J. 1963. A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution. Koedoe 6:91-108. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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