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Parasyscia wilsoni
| Parasyscia wilsoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Parasyscia |
| Species: | P. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasyscia wilsoni Chen, Liang & Du, 2022 | |
This species is known from a single collection in China.
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Identification
Bicolored; mesosoma, petiole and abdominal segment III reddish; head and rest of gastral segments black, posterior margin straight, posterolateral corners rounded, eyes large. Posterior edge of propodeum with carinate, posterior corner in lateral view obtusely angular. Head, mesosoma, petiole and abdominal segment III with deep puncta, or punctate-reticulate.
Parasyscia wilsoni is very closed to Parasyscia aitkenii, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by having the posterodorsal corner of propodeum angular, the angle between the dorsum and the declivity of propodeum about 110°, and the mesosoma and petiole with deep punctures, whereas in P. aitkenii the posterodorsal corner of propodeum is rounded, the angle between the dorsum and the declivity of propodeum about 130°, and the mesosoma and petiole with shallow punctures.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 21.6° to 21.6°.
| 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.
- wilsoni. Parasyscia wilsoni Chen, Liang & Du, 2022: 325, fig. 31 (w.) CHINA.
Type Material
- Holotype worker: CHINA: yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla, 1321 m, 21.6466° N, 101.5247° E, 28.VIII.2019, Yunchuang Xiong leg., No. GXNU194010 [GXNU].
- Paratypes: same data as holotype, No. GXNU194022 [1 worker, GXNU; 1 worker, SWFU].