Protonym: Platythyrea inconspicua
Authorship Mayr, 1870b: 961
Forms q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”) (Sichel). Type-depository: NHMW.
Type notes Type-locality recorded as South America by Emery, 1890b: 56, who said it was described “par erreur d’étiquette comme provenant de Ceylan”. Brown, 1975: 48, explains Emery’s error and establishes Sri Lanka as the correct locality.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Platythyrea inconspicua Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Platythyrea parallela (Smith, 1859)
Original combination