Parasyscia arnoldi

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Parasyscia arnoldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Parasyscia
Species: P. arnoldi
Binomial name
Parasyscia arnoldi
(Forel, 1914)

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Specimen Labels

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -25.14877° to -33.3°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • arnoldi. Cerapachys arnoldi Forel, 1914d: 211 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Colony (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: SAMC.
    • Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 204.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 755; Arnold, 1926: 191; Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
    • Senior synonym of hewitti: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
    • Distribution: South Africa.
  • hewitti. Cerapachys arnoldi var. hewitti Arnold, 1926: 192 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Cape, Grahamstown (Hewitt).
    • Type-depository: SAMC.
    • Junior synonym of arnoldi: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Arnold G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 191-295.
  • Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
  • Forel A. 1914. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.