Platythyrea

Platythyrea
Temporal range: Eocene – Recent
Platythyrea punctata worker
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Emery, 1901
Genus: Platythyrea
Roger, 1863
Type species
Pachycondyla punctata
Roger, 1863
Diversity
45 species
Synonyms

Eubothroponera Clark, 1930

Platythyrea is a genus of predaceous ants in the subfamily Ponerinae and the sole member of the tribe Platythyreini.