Genus Platythyrea Roger, 1863

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• Platythyrea Roger, J. 1863. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7: 129-214 [June 1863] [172].

  Type species:

   Pachycondyla punctata F. Smith, 1858 by subsequent designation, see Bingham, C.T. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Ants and cuckoo-wasps. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2 507 pp. 1 pl. [73].
• Eubothroponera Clark, J. 1930. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 43: 2-25 [30 Aug. 1930] [8].

  Type species:

   Eubothroponera dentinodis Clark, 1930 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5: 1-116 [6]

 

Introduction

Platythyrea is a moderately large (38 described extant species) pantropical genus and is the only member of Platythyreini. Platythyrea workers are notable for their rapid movement, arboreal habits and frequent presence of gamergates (Schmidt & Shattuck 2014).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Neotropical, north Nearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental Regions; New Guinea and east Melanesia in Australian Region. Unidentified species reported from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) (Framenau & Thomas 2008).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of Ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817(1): 1-242 [48]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	FORMICIDAE	25-Jan-2017	MODIFIED
23-Mar-2015	FORMICIDAE	10-Mar-2015	MODIFIED
23-Mar-2015	Ponerinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835	24-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		30-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		25-May-2010	MODIFIED