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Species: Platythyrea mocquerysi

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Platythyrea

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Platythyrea mocquerysi Emery, 1899e PDF: 270 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Senior synonym of Platythyrea debilior: Brown, 1975: 8.

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Forel,A., 1907:
[[ worker ]].
L. 6,3 - 7 mm. Kleiner als der Arttypus. Metanotumzaehne kuerzer, undeutlich, breiter als lang (nur eine Erhoehung des Randes bildend). Der mittlere Zahn des Knotens ist auch weniger stark, die. beiden seitlichen nicht ueberragend.
Fundnotizen: Tulear, (SW. Madagaskar). N. Mahafaly, (SW. Madagaskar).

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 79 times found in tropical dry forest, 35 times found in spiny forest/thicket, 28 times found in gallery forest, 9 times found in spiny forest on coral, 13 times found in rainforest, 14 times found in spiny forest, 12 times found in dry deciduous forest, 8 times found in tropical dry forest on Tsingy, 10 times found in dry forest, spiny forest, 10 times found in deciduous dry forest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 78 times Malaise trap, 25 times Malaise, 8 times pitfall trap, PF 50 traps, 11 cm dbh with water, soap, formalin, nonlinear placement, 9 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 1 times SD 20 digging sample transect, 10m, 3 times MW 20 sample transect, 5m, 2 times at light, 2 times beating low vegetation, 1 times Malaise trap, 5 traps, 2 times Malaise, 1 trap, 1 times at night, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1300 meters, 165 meters average