Parasyscia wilsoni

This species is known from a single collection in China.

Identification
Bicolored; mesosoma, petiole and abdominal segment III reddish; head and rest of gastral segments black, posterior margin straight, posterolateral corners rounded, eyes large. Posterior edge of propodeum with carinate, posterior corner in lateral view obtusely angular. Head, mesosoma, petiole and abdominal segment III with deep puncta, or punctate-reticulate.

Parasyscia wilsoni is very closed to Parasyscia aitkenii, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by having the posterodorsal corner of propodeum angular, the angle between the dorsum and the declivity of propodeum about 110°, and the mesosoma and petiole with deep punctures, whereas in P. aitkenii the posterodorsal corner of propodeum is rounded, the angle between the dorsum and the declivity of propodeum about 130°, and the mesosoma and petiole with shallow punctures.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Parasyscia wilsoni Chen, Liang & Du, 2022: 325, fig. 31 (w.) CHINA.

Type Material

 * Holotype worker: CHINA: yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla, 1321 m, 21.6466° N, 101.5247° E, 28.VIII.2019, Yunchuang Xiong leg., No. GXNU194010 [GXNU].
 * Paratypes: same data as holotype, No. GXNU194022 [1 worker, GXNU; 1 worker, SWFU].