Parasyscia schoedli

This species seems to be common in the Western Ghats; it was collected in non-forest as well as forest habitats in leaf litter and on dry soil surfaces.

Identification
Key to Cerapachys of India

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  schoedli. Cerapachys schoedli Bharti & Akbar, 2013: 93, figs. 1, 3A, 6A, 8A, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, Table 1 (w.q.) INDIA.

Type material. Holotype worker: India. Kerala, Silent valley national park, 11°5'N, 76°26'E, 897m a.s.l., 25.ix.2011, Winkler. Paratypes: 13 workers and 3 ergatoid queens, same data as holotype; 2 workers, India, Kerala, Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, 10°45'N, 76°44'E, 118m a.s.l., 6.xi.2011, Winkler; 10 workers, India, Kerala, Periyar tiger reserve, Manalar, 9°35'N, 77°18'E, 1630m a.s.l., 27.x.2011, hand picking (coll. Shahid A. Akbar). Holotype in PUAC and paratype in BMNH.