Platythyrea schultzei bequaerti

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Platythyrea schultzei bequaerti Forel, 1913 junior synonym of current valid taxon Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910

Platythyrea schultzei var. bequaerti Forel, 1913b: 307 (w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo belge”): Nyangwe (J. Bequaert) (invalid restriction of type locality by; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 760; no lectotype designated), Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanga, Sankisia (J. Bequaert). Primary type depository: MHNG (perhaps also MRAC). Primary type specimen: CASENT0907110.

Subspecies of Platythyrea schultzei: Wheeler, 1922: 760; Santschi, 1937g: 72.
Junior synonym of Platythyrea schultzei: Brown, 1975: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 336.

Infrasubspecies

P. s. b. recta Santschi, 1937

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
Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351. PDF
Santschi, F. 1937g. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 30:71-85. 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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