Parasyscia lindrothi

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Parasyscia lindrothi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Parasyscia
Species: P. lindrothi
Binomial name
Parasyscia lindrothi
(Wilson, 1959)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.3° to -18°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Fiji (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Cerapachys lindrothi casent0911259 p 1 high.jpgCerapachys lindrothi casent0911259 d 1 high.jpgCerapachys lindrothi casent0911259 h 1 high.jpgCerapachys lindrothi casent0911259 l 1 high.jpg
Paratype of Cerapachys lindrothiWorker. Specimen code casent0911259. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • lindrothi. Cerapachys (Cerapachys) lindrothi Wilson, 1959b: 52 (w., ergatoid q.) FIJI IS (Viti Levu).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype workers, 2 paratype ergatoid queens.
    • Type-locality: holotype Fiji Is: Viti Levu, Nadala, nr Nadarivatu, 880 m., no. 28 (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: 143; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 28.
    • Distribution: Fiji Is.

Description

References

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.
  • Sarnat Eli M. 2009. The Ants [Hymenoptera: Formicdiae] of Fiji: Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation of an Island Arc Fauna. 80-252
  • Ward, Darren F. and James K. Wetterer. 2006. Checklist of the Ants of Fiji. Fiji Arthropods III 85: 23-47.
  • Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1: 39-57.