Platythyreini Emery

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), pp. 1-242 : 47

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1

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scientific name

Platythyreini Emery
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Tribe Platythyreini Emery View in CoL View at ENA

Platythyrei Emery, 1901: 36 (as tribe of Ponerinae View in CoL ). Type genus: Platythyrea Roger, 1863a: 172 View in CoL . Emery, 1911: 28 ( Platythyreini View in CoL ).

Tribe Platythyreini View in CoL contains the single genus Platythyrea Roger. These View in CoL ants are notable for their arboreal habits and frequent (probably nearly universal) presence of gamergate workers.

Diagnosis. See the diagnosis and synoptic description under Platythyrea below.

Discussion. The deep separation between Platythyrea and Ponerini has been recognized at least since Emery (1901), who placed Platythyrea in its own tribe Platythyrei (later renamed Platythyreini ; Emery, 1911). Two sources of taxonomic confusion have arisen since Emery’s original designation of tribal status: the proper location of Probolomyrmex and the status of Eubothroponera . Probolomyrmex Mayr superficially resembles Platythyrea in overall gestalt and in the presence of pruinose sculpturing, though there are many major differences between them. It has been placed by some authors within Platythyreini (e.g., Brown, 1952, and most subsequent authors), though Perrault (2000) placed it in its own subfamily, Probolomyrmecinae . Bolton (2003) moved Probolomyrmex to its own tribe within Proceratiinae ; many early authors had placed the genus in tribe Proceratiini of that subfamily (e.g., Emery, 1911). Molecular phylogenetic evidence (e.g., Moreau et al., 2006; Brady et al., 2006; Schmidt, 2013) confirms the placement of Probolomyrmex within Proceratiinae and demonstrates that its superficial similarity to Platythyrea is likely the result of convergence. See the discussion under Platythyrea (below) for a consideration of Eubothroponera Clark , a genus confirmed here as a junior synonym of Platythyrea .

Bolton, B. (2003) Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71, 370 pp.

Brown, W. L. Jr. (1952) Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. I. Tribe Platythyreini (Hymenoptera). Breviora, 6, 1 - 6.

Emery, C. (1901) Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponerines (Famille des Formicides). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 45, 32 - 54.

Emery, C. (1911) Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum, 118, 1 - 125.

Perrault, G. H. (2000) Les Probolomyrmicinae, nouvelle sous-famille pour le genre Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 105, 253 - 272.

Roger, J. (1863 a) Die neu aufgefuhrten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Erganzung einiger fruher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 7, 131 - 214. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 47918630116

Schmidt, C. (2013) Molecular phylogenetics of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Zootaxa, 3647 (2), 201 - 250. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3647.2.1

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

SubFamily

Ponerinae