Platythyrea schultzei Forel

Type location Namibia (Forel, 1910f: 3, worker; Arnold, 1926: 195, male); junior synonyms bequaerti (Forel, 1913b: 307, worker & male) from Zaïre (Nyangwe, by J. Bequaert); cyriluli (Forel, 1922: 88, worker) from Angola and lata (Santschi, 1930a: 53, worker) from Zimbabwe (G Arnold, Nantwich), plus unavailable name recta from Zaïre (Santschi, 1937g: 72, worker); worker and male described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1910f) description is at . Forel's (1913b) description of bequaerti is at . Arnold (1915) gave a translation; this is at . Arnold's (1926) description of the male is at . Forel's (1922) description of cyriluli is at . Santschi's (1930a) description of lata is at . Santschi's (1937g) description of recta is at .

Brown (1975: 46) examined the types of schultzei and cyriluli (actually labelled "cyrili") and found them alike in size, body form and sculpture; cyriluli having slightly thicker scapes and reddish mandibles; the antennae and legs being dark reddish brown or brown; not contrasting red as in most samples of the type form. He provided the illustration (right) of the petiole of specimens collected near Kienge by Ross & Leech (see below).

Brown sighted specimens from Zaïre (Kambove, Katange at 4000-5000 feet, by S A Neave; 34 miles N of Pweto, at 1050 m, and 27 miles SE of Kienge at 1150 m, by E S Ross & R E Leech); plus others from Zambia (H Dollman, Mumbwa), South Africa (G van Son, Kabulabula, Kalahari Desert) and Zimbabwe (WL Brown, Wankie National Park, Kulozi River track and Sinamatella Camp).

J. Bequaert also collected specimens at Sankisia, Zaïre (Wheeler, 1922).

Brown (1975) describes it as ground-dwelling, foraging on the ground or on trees and shrubs.

The photomontage of a specimen from Namibia is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=SAM-HYM-C008343A
Collection Information: SAM-HYM-C008343A; Locality Namibia: Sprokieswoud, Etosha National Park.; 19°05'00"S 015°37'00"E; Collection codes: SAM-HYM-C008343; Date: 27 Mar-10 May 1988; Collected by: E.Griffin