Parasyscia afer

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania.

Nomenclature

 * . Cerapachys afer Forel, 1907a: 9 (w.q.) TANZANIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Mto-ya-kifaru, Arusha-chini (Katona).
 * Type-depositories: HNHM, MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Cerapachys): Emery, 1911d: 9;
 * combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 204.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 9; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 755; Brown, 1975: 22, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
 * Senior synonym of cooperi: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
 * Distribution: South Africa, Tanzania.
 * cooperi. Cerapachys cooperi Arnold, 1915: 14 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Durban, Umgeni (C.B. Cooper).
 * Type-depository: SAMC.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 755.
 * Junior synonym of afer: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Forel A. 1907. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004