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Parasyscia inconspicua
| Parasyscia inconspicua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Parasyscia |
| Species: | P. inconspicua |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasyscia inconspicua (Emery, 1901)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality), Solomon Islands.
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. |
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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
   
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- inconspicua. Cerapachys inconspicua Emery, 1901h: 153 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Sattelberg (L. Biró).
- Type-depositories: HNHM, MSNG, NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Cerapachys): Emery, 1902c: 24;
- combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 205.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 9; Mann, 1919: 279; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 8; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 18; Wilson, 1959b: 47; Wilson, 1962c: 15; Brown, 1975: 23, 68; Taylor, 1976a: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 69.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 143, 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 23, replacement name: incontentus Brown)
- 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).
- Clark, J. 1924a [1923]. Australian Formicidae. J. Proc. R. Soc. West. Aust. 9: 72-89 (page 82, pl. 6, figs. 1,2 worker, queen described)
- Emery, C. 1901k. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio tertia. Természetr. Füz. 25: 152-160 (page 153, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.