Platythyrea tenuis

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Platythyrea tenuis Emery, 1899 valid

Platythyrea tenuis Emery, 1899d: 467 (w.q.) CAMEROON. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1975: 45). Primary type locality: Cameroon: (no further data), 1895 (L. Conradt). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907111 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated), 1 (?) paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0903798.

Lectotype designation: Brown, 1975: 45.
Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 29; Wheeler, 1922: 761; Brown, 1975: 9, 45; Bolton, 1995b: 336.

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
Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43:459-504. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. 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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