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Parasyscia nigrita
| Parasyscia nigrita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Parasyscia |
| Species: | P. nigrita |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasyscia nigrita Chen, Liang & Du, 2022 | |
This rarely encountered species is known from only two specimens from southeastern China.
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Identification
Concolorous species, whole body black. Petiole appears square in lateral view, with straight anterior and posterior margins, dorsum slightly convex. Frontal portion of head deeply foveolate-reticulate, posterior portion of head with deep puncta; dorsum of mesosoma with sparse shallow puncta, lateral portion of propodeum deeply foveolate-reticulate.
This species is very similar to Parasyscia browni and Parasyscia dohertyi, but can be separated from them by the combination of the following characters:
- posterolateral corner of head angular in full-face view
- posterior portion of head with deep puncta
- tergite of abdominal segment III with scattered wide and shallow puncta in dorsal view
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 23.16° to 23.16°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Chen et al., 2022
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nigrita. Parasyscia nigrita Chen, Liang & Du, 2022: 316, fig. 26 (w.) CHINA.
Type Material
- Holotype worker: CHINA: Guangdong: zhaoqing City, Dinghushan, 193 m, 23.1636° N, 112.1626° E, 11.VII.2005, Yangsha Pan leg., No. GXNU058217 [GXNU].
- Paratype: same data as holotype [1 worker, GXNU].