Parasyscia polynikes

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Cerapachys (Cerapachys) polynikes Wilson, 1959b: 50 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 7 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: Lower Busu River, nr Lae, 4.v.1955, no. 936 (E.O. Wilson); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: MCZC, NHMB.
 * Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 205.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
 * Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1: 39-57.