Platythyrea melancholica

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Platythyrea melancholica (Smith, 1865) an obsolete combination of Ectomomyrmex melancholicus (Smith, 1865)

Pachycondyla melancholica Smith, 1865a: 71 (w.) INDONESIA (Morotai). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Morty Island (= Morotai I.), “M” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 472, says specimen not in BMNH or OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 1 worker in OXUM.

Citations

Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
Smith, F. 1865a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8:61-94. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)

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