Platythyrea sagei

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Platythyrea sagei Forel, 1900 valid

Platythyrea sagei Forel, 1900f: 315 (w.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Boudinot et al., 2016: 60). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Dharamshala, IV/5 (Sage). Primary type depository: MHNG (lectotype) (other original syntypes in MCZC, MHNG). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Type notes: 1) Boudinot et al., 2016: 60, inadvertently use the queen symbol for the lectotype; Forel, 1900f mentions only workers in both key and description. 2) Other original syntype localities: India: Dharmsala (Fulton), India: Belgaum (R.C. Wroughton) (invalid restriction of type locality by Brown, 1975: 52; no lectotype designated).

Lectotype designation: Boudinot et al., 2016: 60.
Boudinot et al., 2016: 60 (em.)
Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 74; Forel, 1906b: 91; Emery, 1911e: 29; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 112; Menozzi, 1939a: 327; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 49; Brown, 1975: 9, 52; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Tiwari, 1999: 32; Bharti et al., 2016: 53; Boudinot et al., 2016: 60 (redescription); Wang et al., 2022: 133.

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