Syscia honduriana

Syscia honduriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Syscia
Species:	S. honduriana
Binomial name
	Syscia honduriana; (Mann, 1922)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 15.567° to 14.841118°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Belize, Honduras (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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

honduriana. Cerapachys (Parasyscia) hondurianus Mann, 1922: 1 (w.q.) HONDURAS.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 25).
- [Note: original syntype workers (number not stated, “one small colony”), 1 syntype queen. Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 25, report 1 worker, 1 queen in USNM.]
- Type-locality: Honduras: Lombardia, ii.-iii.1920 (W.M. Mann).
- Type-depository: USNM.
- Combination in Syscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 224.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 76; Brown, 1975: 23, 74; Brandão, 1991: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 25 (redescription).
- Distribution: Belize, Honduras.

Description

References

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 143, catalogue)
Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
Longino, J.T., Branstetter, M.G. 2021. Integrating UCE phylogenomics with traditional taxonomy reveals a trove of New World Syscia species (Formicidae: Dorylinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 5(2): 2; 1–51 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab001).
Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 61: 1-54 (page 1, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Borgmeier T. 1957. Myrmecologische Studien, I. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 29: 103-128.
Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
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.
Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
Mann W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61: 1-54.