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Species: Platythyrea parallela   (Smith, 1859) 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Ponera parallela Smith, 1859a PDF: 143 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya. Primary type information: Type-material: 2 syntype workers. Type-locality: Indonesia: Aru Is (A.R. Wallace). Type-depository: OXUM. Type notes: One worker is labelled as holotype and bears a Donisthorpe type-label. There is a second specimen in OXUM, from the same locality, and with the data label written in the same thickly-marked ink, but the method of mounting is not the same. Nevertheless, this specimen is also considered to belong to the type-series. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as pararella by Phengsi et al., 2018 10.3897/zookeys.729.21378 PDF: 98 (in key).]
Combination in Platythyrea: Donisthorpe, 1932c PDF: 454
Unidenifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Ponerinae: Emery, 1911e PDF: 116.
Status as species: Smith, 1861b PDF: 44; Smith, 1863a PDF: 17; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 449; Smith, 1871a PDF: 322; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 41; Emery, 1901i PDF: 566; Donisthorpe, 1932c PDF: 454; Donisthorpe, 1943e PDF: 434; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 48, 71 (combinations in Platythyrea, Ponera, respectively); Wilson, 1958c PDF: 151; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 20; Brown, 1975 PDF: 8, 47; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 37; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 56; Dlussky, 1994a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Dorow, 1996a PDF: 77; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003 PDF: 416; Ghosh et al., 2005 PDF: 9; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005 PDF: 37; Clouse, 2007b PDF: 260; Heterick, 2009 PDF: 136; Mohanraj et al., 2010 PDF: 7; Pfeiffer et al., 2011 PDF: 57; Sarnat & Economo, 2012 PDF: 161; Sarnat et al., 2013 PDF: 73; Ramage, 2014 PDF: 154; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 53; Jaitrong et al., 2016 PDF: 43; Phengsi et al., 2018 10.3897/zookeys.729.21378 PDF: 98 (in key); Dias et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF: 116.
Senior synonym of Platythyrea pulchella: Brown, 1975 PDF: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.
Senior synonym of Platythyrea subtilis: Brown, 1975 PDF: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 337.

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Seychelles
    Asia: Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
    Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania
  Native to (according to species list records):
    Australasia, Indomalaya bioregions

Distribution Notes:

MALAGASY:-, Indonesia, Seychelles Is, India, Vietnam, Australia, Sri Lanka, West Malaysia, Sumatra, Singapore, Java, Philippines, Borneo, western ghats kerala

 

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 20 times found in Rainforest, 9 times found in Dry sclerophyll, 3 times found in Pandanus & Casaurina forest, 1 times found in Davis-sifting & incidentals ~ 1 hr. secondary forest, just off dirt rd.; nest of funny poneroid in big log., 2 times found in Sandstone scrub, 2 times found in degraded coastal hill forest on granite, 2 times found in Wet sclerophyll, 2 times found in Lowland rainforest, 1 times found in on first rise near road, still plenty of Anoplolepis; collected for ~1hr., 1 times found in regen thicket volcanic soil, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 6 times on tree, 5 times malaise trap, 3 times ground strays, 2 times on tree trunk, 1 times nest under bark Cucujid stage - log, 2 times leaf and log litter, 1 times on trunk of large Euc. rossi, 7.30pm, 1 times fell on arm from roof of the village restaurant, 1 times ex rotting wood piece, 1 times ex rock crevice, 1 times on street tree, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 7 times M, 5 times Pitfall, 3 times Davis sifting>hand collected|aspirator, 3 times Berlesate, 2 times search, 1 times Pyrethrum knockdown, 1 times at light, 1 times fog sample, 1 times hand collected|aspirator>bait trap|peanut butter, maple syrup, 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times malaise trap/ethanol, ...

Elevations: collected from 10 - 1200 meters, 411 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1904-02-24 and 2014-09-01

Type specimens: Holotype of Platythyrea parva: casent0900571; Holotype of Platythyrea wroughtoni sechellensis: casent0102278; Not Provided: casent0194728, casent0194732, casent0194733, casent0194734, casent0194735, casent0194736, casent0194737; syntype of Platythyrea ceylonensis: casent0900570; syntype of Platythyrea inconspicua: casent0915904; syntype of Platythyrea melancholica aruana: casent0916798; syntype of Platythyrea pulchella: casent0915149; syntype of Platythyrea pusilla pacifica: casent0915150; syntype of Platythyrea coxalis: casent0903800; syntype of Platythyrea coxalis annamita: casent0907113; syntype of Platythyrea coxalis javana: casent0907114; syntype of Platythyrea coxalis tritschleri: casent0907115; syntype of Platythyrea pusilla: casent0903801; syntype of Platythyrea pusilla australis: casent0907116; syntype of Platythyrea subtilis: casent0903802; syntype of Platythyrea wroughtoni victoriae: casent0907125; syntype of Platythyrea wroughtonii: casent0907119; type of Platythyrea cephalotes: focol0854; type of Platythyrea coxalis: focol0847, focol0848, focol0849; type of Platythyrea coxalis cylindrica: focol0853; type of Platythyrea coxalis philippinensis: focol0852; type of Platythyrea pusilla egena: focol0850, focol0851



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