Parasyscia afer
Parasyscia afer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Parasyscia |
Species: | P. afer |
Binomial name | |
Parasyscia afer (Forel, 1907) | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -3.53541° to -29.76667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- afer. Cerapachys afer Forel, 1907a: 9 (w.q.) TANZANIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Mto-ya-kifaru, Arusha-chini (Katona).
- Type-depositories: HNHM, MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Cerapachys): Emery, 1911d: 9;
- combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 204.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 9; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 755; Brown, 1975: 22, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
- Senior synonym of cooperi: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
- Distribution: South Africa, Tanzania.
- cooperi. Cerapachys cooperi Arnold, 1915: 14 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Durban, Umgeni (C.B. Cooper).
- Type-depository: SAMC.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 755.
- Junior synonym of afer: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, catalogue)
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 22, Senior synonym of cooperi)
- Chen, Z., Liang, C., Du, C. 2022. Revision of Chinese species of the ant genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Zootaxa 5196(3), 301–330 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5196.3.1).
- Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 9, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Forel A. 1907. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004