The Ants of Africa
Genus Platythyrea
Platythyrea tenuis Emery

Platythyrea tenuis Emery

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cameroun (Emery, 1899e: 467, worker & queen) collected by Conradt; worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1899e) description is at {original description}.

Brown (1975: 45) was able to locate only the type series and described a lectotype (or cotype) worker for description:-
WORKER - TL 5.05 mm, HL 1.10, HW 0.90, SL 0.76
The African counterpart of P. parallella but with larger eyes situated further forward. Mandibles finely but distinctly toothed. Antennal scapes not quite reaching occipital border. Margin or angle complete along top of propodeal declivity. Petiole longer, 0.63, than wide, 0.49; posterior margin with two blunt teeth.

{Platythyrea parallela}The illustration of parallela (from the Indo-Australian region) provided by Brown is included here (right) for comparison.
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