Protonym: Platythyrea inconspicua
Authorship Mayr, 1870b: 961
Forms q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (received from Sichel). Primary type depository: NHMW.
Type notes 1) The type locality was cited as South America by Emery, 1890b: 56, who said it was described “par erreur d’étiquette comme provenant de Ceylan”. 2) Brown, 1975: 48, explains explains that Emery, 1890b was in error and establishes Sri Lanka as the correct locality.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Platythyrea inconspicua Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Platythyrea parallela (Smith, 1859)
Original combination