Parasyscia sudanensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Sudan, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Cerapachys sudanensis Weber, 1942a: 42, figs. 1, 12 (w.) SOUTH SUDAN.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “one colony”).
 * Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Imatong Mts, ca 6000 ft, 1939, no. 1363 (N.A. Weber).
 * Type-depository: MCZC (perhaps also in AMNH).
 * Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 205.
 * Status as species: Weber, 1943c: 293; Brown, 1975: 23, 62; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
 * Senior synonym of variolosus: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
 * Distribution: Nigeria, South Sudan, Zimbabwe.
 * variolosus. Cerapachys variolosus Arnold, 1949: 261, fig. 1 (w. ergatoid q.) ZIMBABWE.
 * Type-material: 20 syntype workers, 3 syntype ergatoid queens.
 * Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Southern Rhodesia”): Hunyani, i. (G. Arnold).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH, SAMC.
 * Junior synonym of sudanensis: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 145.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1949. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 9. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia. 2: 261-275.
 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * 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.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Stephens S. S., P. B. Bosu, and M. R. Wager. 2016. Effect of overstory tree species diversity and composition on ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in timber plantations in Ghana. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & management 12(1-2): 96-107.
 * Weber N. A. 1942. New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 44: 40-49.
 * Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.