Platythyrea mocquerysi

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Platythyrea mocquerysi Emery, 1899 valid

Platythyrea mocquerysi Emery, 1899e: 270 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1975: 46). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: nr Antongil Bay (A. Mocquerys). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101722 (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.

Lectotype designation: Brown, 1975: 46.
Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 29; Arnold, 1915: 32; Wheeler, 1922: 760, 1007; Arnold, 1926: 196; Brown, 1975: 8, 46; Bolton, 1995b: 336.
Senior synonym of Platythyrea mocquerysi debilior: Brown, 1975: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

Junior synonyms

Platythyrea mocquerysi debilior Forel, 1907

Citations

Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
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. 1899e. Formiche di Madagascar raccolte dal Sig. A. Mocquerys nei pressi della Baia di Antongil (1897-1898). Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 31:263-290. 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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