Paraparatrechina sordida

sordida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Paraparatrechina
Species:	P. sordida
Binomial name
Paraparatrechina sordida (Santschi, 1914) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Pseudolasius bucculentus Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Pseudolasius gowdeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Paraparatrechina of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Uganda (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Nomenclature

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

• sordida. Pseudolasius weissi var. sordida Santschi, 1914d: 378 (w.) GHANA. Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 219 (q.). Junior synonym of weissi: LaPolla, 2004b: 101. Revived from synonymy, raised to species and senior synonym of bucculentus, gowdeyi: LaPolla & Fisher, 2014: 150.
• bucculentus. Pseudolasius bucculentus Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 222, fig. 56 (s.w.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of weissi: LaPolla, 2004b: 101; of sordida: LaPolla & Fisher, 2014: 150.
• gowdeyi. Pseudolasius gowdeyi Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 223, fig. 57 (s.w.) UGANDA. Junior synonym of weissi: LaPolla, 2004b: 101; of sordida: LaPolla & Fisher, 2014: 150.

References

• LaPolla, J.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group. ZooKeys 414, 139–155 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.414.7542)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.