Platythyrea tenuis Emery

Type location Cameroun (Platythyrea tenuis n. sp., Emery, 1899e: 467, worker & queen) collected by Conradt
worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1899e) description is at .

Brown (1975: 45) was able to locate only the type series and described a lectotype (or cotype) worker for description:-
WORKER - TL 5.50 mm, HL 1.10, HW 0.90, SL 0.76, PW 0.68; CI 83, SI 83.
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.

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903798.

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

Oxford University Museum specimens

Platythyrea tenuis B Taylor det.	Ivory Coast Erena Dupont ii.2014	Taļ National Park 5˚45'00" N 7˚07'00" W	06	1
Platythyrea tenuis B Taylor det.	Ivory Coast Erena Dupont iii.2014	Taļ National Park 5˚45'00" N 7˚07'00" W	07	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Ivory Coast, Tai National Park; collector Erena Dupont, ii.2014

TL ca 7.5 mm, HL 1.50, HW 1.23, SL 1.11, PW 0.67; CI 86, SI 87.

Anterior dorsal margin of gaster segment 2 has a distinctive shallow triangular shape which cannot be assessed on the type image.  When overlayed and scaled to match the type and Ivory Coast specimens differ solely in size the latter being some 125% larger overall.

The photomontage is of a worker from Ivory Coast, Tai National Park; collector Erena Dupont, iii.2014