Paltothyreus

Schmidt, C. A. & Shattuck, S. O., 2014, The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior, Zootaxa 3817 (1), pp. 1-242 : 127

Species of Paltothyreus

Paltothyreus is currently considered to be monotypic, though P. tarsatus has a large number of junior synonyms and subspecies, suggesting significant morphological variation within the species. A careful study of the variation in P. tarsatus could reveal it to be a species complex.

P. tarsatus ( Fabricius, 1798) : Senegal ( comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus delagoensis Emery, 1899 : Mozambique ( comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus mediana Santschi, 1919 : Congo ( comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus robusta Santschi, 1919 : Somalia ( comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus striatidens Santschi, 1919 : Kenya ( comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus striatus Santschi, 1930 : Benin ( comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus subopaca Santschi, 1919 : Gabon ( comb. rev.)