Parasyscia wilsoni

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Parasyscia wilsoni
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.

  • Chen et al., 2022, Fig. 31. Parasyscia wilsoni. Holotype worker. Head in full-face view (A), distribution map (B), body in dorsal view (C), body in lateral view (D).

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

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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.

  • 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].

Description

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