Syscia brachyptera

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Syscia brachyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Syscia
Species: S. brachyptera
Binomial name
Syscia brachyptera
Longino & Branstetter, 2021

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Honduras (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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • brachyptera. Syscia brachyptera Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 22, fig. 9 (w.q.) HONDURAS.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Honduras: Comayagua, PN Cerro Azul Meambar, 14.87045, -87.90567 ±70 m., 750 m., 21.v.2010, montane rainforest, sifted leaf litter (LLAMA, Wm-C-04-2-02); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); CASC, DZUP, JTLC, MCZC, UNAM, UCDC, USNM (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Honduras.

Description

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