Paraparatrechina weissi

Paraparatrechina weissi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Paraparatrechina
Species:	P. weissi
Binomial name
Paraparatrechina weissi (Santschi, 1910) Specimen labels
Synonyms
Pseudolasius bayonii Menozzi, 1924 Pseudolasius myersi Weber, 1943 Pseudolasius myersi occipitalis Weber & Anderson, 1950

Weber and Anderson (1950) found this species in leaf-litter, nesting around roots. Label data also indicates the species is found in rotten wood.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Paraparatrechina of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions

Distribution

This species has a large range west from the Ivory Coast east to Uganda and southeastern Sudan.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 5.343472° to -1.516667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Congo (type locality), Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0104153. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0104154. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• weissi. Pseudolasius weissi Santschi, 1910c: 391, fig. 16 (w.q.) CONGO. Combination in Paraparatrechina: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 128. Senior synonym of bayonii (and its junior synonyms myersi, occipitalis): LaPolla, 2004b: 101; LaPolla & Fisher, 2014: 150.
• bayonii. Pseudolasius bayonii Menozzi, 1924b: 224, figs. 5, 6 (s.) UGANDA. Senior synonym of myersi, occipitalis: Brown, 1957h: 146. Junior synonym of weissi: LaPolla, 2004b: 102; LaPolla & Fisher, 2014: 150.
• myersi. Pseudolasius myersi Weber, 1943c: 389, pl. 16, fig. 35 (w.) SUDAN. Junior synonym of bayonii: Brown, 1957h: 146.
• occipitalis. Pseudolasius myersi subsp. occipitalis Weber & Anderson, 1950: 2, figs. 1-18 (s.w.l.) UGANDA. Junior synonym of bayonii: Brown, 1957h: 146.

Description

Palp formula 3,3.

References

• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 218, Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia))
• 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)
• Sahanashree, R., Punnath, A., Rajan Priyadarsanan, D. 2024. A remarkable new species of Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe 1947 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from the Eastern Himalayas, India. ZooKeys 1203, 159–172 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1203.114168).
• Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 204-217 (page 210, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
• Brown W. L., Jr. 1957. The synonymy and relationships of the ant Pseudolasius bayoni Menozzi. Psyche (Camb.) 63: 146.
• LaPolla, J.S. 2004. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Pseudolasius (Formicidae: Formicinae) in the Afrotropical region. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112(2-3): 97-105.
• Lévieux J. 1972. Les fourmis de la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire): éléments de taxonomie. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A. Sciences Naturelles 34: 611-654.
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• Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
• Weber N. A., and J. L. Anderson. 1950. Studies on central African ants of the genus Pseudolasius Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1443: 1-7.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
• 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
• Yeo K., L. M. M. Kouakou, W. Dekoninck, K. Ouattara, and S. Konate. 2016. Detecting intruders: assessment of the anthropophilic ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the city of Abidjan and along access roads in Banco National Park (Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Entomology and Zoological Studies 4(4): 351-359.