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Parasyscia terricola
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Parasyscia |
| Species: | P. terricola |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasyscia terricola (Mann, 1919)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -8° to -9.64571°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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.
- terricola. Cerapachys (Cerapachys) terricola Mann, 1919: 277, fig. 1 (w.m.) SOLOMON IS (Three Sisters Is, Isabel I.).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: Solomon Is: Three Sisters Is, Malapaina, 1916 (W.M. Mann).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 205.
- Junior synonym of inconspicuus: Wilson, 1959b: 47.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 8; Brown, 1975: 23, 68; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 69.
- Senior synonym of tulagi: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
- Distribution: Solomon Is.
- tulagi. Cerapachys (Cerapachys) terricola subsp. tulagi Mann, 1919: 279 (w.m.) SOLOMON IS (Florida I.).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated, “one small colony”).
- Type-locality: Solomon Is: Florida I., Tulagi, 1916 (W.M. Mann).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Subspecies of terricola: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 8.
- Junior synonym of inconspicua: Wilson, 1959b: 47.
- Junior synonym of terricola: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 145, 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, Revived from synonymy, and senior synonym of tulagi)
- 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).
- Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 277, fig. 1 worker, male described)
- Wilson, E. O. 1959d. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pac. Insects 1: 39-57 (page 47, Junior synonym of inconspicuus)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
- 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): 1-115.
- Field Museum Collection, Chicago, Illinois (C. Moreau)
- Mann W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391.
- Mann William. 1916. The Ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 63(7): 273-391
- Mann, W.M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College 63: 273-391
- Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
- Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56