Parasyscia opaca

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Parasyscia opaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Parasyscia
Species: P. opaca
Binomial name
Parasyscia opaca
(Emery, 1901)

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Specimen Labels

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Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -6.383333° to -8.297778°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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

Life History Traits

  • Mean colony size: ca. 100 (Wilson, 1958, 1959a, 1959b; Mizuno et al., 2021)

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

  • opaca. Cerapachys opaca Emery, 1901h: 153 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Sattelberg (L. Biró).
    • Type-depository: HNHM.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964a: 67 (l.).
    • Combination in C. (Cerapachys): Emery, 1902c: 24;
    • combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 205.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 9; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 19; Wilson, 1958c: 130; Wilson, 1959b: 48; Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
    • Senior synonym of longicornis: Wilson, 1959b: 48; Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
    • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
  • longicornis. Cerapachys (Cerapachys) opacus subsp. longicornis Viehmeyer, 1914b: 27 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
    • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: (Morobe Prov.), Wareo (no collector’s name; H. Overbeck?).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • Subspecies of opaca: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 19.
    • Junior synonym of opaca: Wilson, 1959b: 48; Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

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.
  • Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
  • Emery C. 1901. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio tertia. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 152-160.
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • 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.
  • Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
  • Viehmeyer H. 1914. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12): 24-60.
  • Wilson E. O. 1958. Observations on the behavior of the cerapachyine ants. Insectes Sociaux 5: 129-140.
  • Wilson E. O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology 40: 437-447.
  • Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1: 39-57.