Parasyscia tibetana

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Parasyscia tibetana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Parasyscia
Species: P. tibetana
Binomial name
Parasyscia tibetana
Chen, Liang & Du, 2022

This species is known from a single collection in China.

  • Chen et al., 2022, Fig. 30. Parasyscia tibetana. Holotype worker. Head in full-face view (A), distribution map (B), body in dorsal view (C), body in lateral view (D).

Identification

Bicolored species, mesosoma, petiole and first gastral segment yellow brown to dark yellow brown, head and the rest of abdominal segments dark brown to black. Head distinct longer than broad, posterior margin concave, posterolateral corners angular. Subpetiolar process subrectangular, anteroventral corner sharply angular and posteroventral corner rounded. Head with deeply puncta, dorsum of mesosoma smooth and shiny, except shallow piligerous punctures.

This species is very similar to Parasyscia rufithorax, but can be separated from the latter by a combination of the following characteristics:

  • posterior margin of head obviously concave and posterolateral corner clearly angular in full-face view
  • head with coarse punctures
  • eyes smaller (ED 0.15–0.16)
  • posterodorsal margin of propodeum with carina

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 29.3° to 29.3°.

 
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

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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.

  • tibetana. Parasyscia tibetana Chen, Liang & Du, 2022: 323, fig. 30 (w.) CHINA.

Type Material

  • Holotype worker: CHINA: tibet: Motuo County, Motuo Village, 1230 m, 29.3021° N, 95.3400° E, 27.VIII.2016, Zhilin Chen leg., No. G160428 [GXNU].
  • Paratypes: same data as holotype [1 worker, GXNU; 1 worker, SWFU, 1 worker, IZCAS].

Description

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