Parasyscia reticulata

Parasyscia reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Parasyscia
Species:	P. reticulata
Binomial name
Parasyscia reticulata (Emery, 1923) Specimen Labels

Identification

Chen et al. (2022) - Concolorous species, whole body yellowish brown to dark yellowish brown. Eyes reduced, ommatidial edge unclear. Petiole as long as broad in dorsal view, with almost parallel margins. Head, mesosoma petiole and abdominal segment III punctate-reticulate, sculpture of abdominal segment IV from dense punctures to sparse piligerous punctures.

This species was described based on the winged female by Emery (1923). So far, no morphological description of the worker of this species has been reported. Through careful morphological comparison, Chen et al. (2022) found that the workers of specimens (No. GXNU192821, Fig. 28) were consistent with the morphological characteristics of the queen of P. reticulata. The worker caste of P. reticulata is described for the first time here. This species is nearly identical to Parasyscia hashimotoi in worker morphology, but the petiole is more symmetrical, with the anterodorsal corner as high as the posterodorsal corner in lateral view, and in dorsal view it is subrectangular, with lateral margins parallel.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Taiwan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Castes

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  Chen et al., 2022, Fig. 27. Parasyscia reticulata. Non-type worker from Guangxi, China. Head in full-face view (A), distribution map (B), body in dorsal view (C), body in lateral view (D).
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  Chen et al., 2022, Fig. 28. Parasyscia reticulata. Holotype queen (From https://www.antweb.org, FOCOL0375, imaged by Christiana Klingenberg). Head in full-face view (A), Label of Holotype (B), body in dorsal view (C), body in lateral view (D), body in dorsal view (C), body in lateral view (D).

Nomenclature

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

• reticulata. Cerapachys reticulatus Emery, 1923: 60, figs. 1, 1a (q.) TAIWAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): (no further data) (H. Sauter).
  • Type-depository: probably DEIB.
  • [Note: holotype may be in MSNG if retained by Emery.]
  • Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 205.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 58; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 19; Brown, 1975: 23; Terayama, et al. 1988: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Terayama, 2009: 121.
  • Distribution: Taiwan.

References

• Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 144, catalogue)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 144, catalogue)
• 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: 1-115 (page 23, replacement name: latus Brown, 1975:23.)
• Chen, Z., Liang, C., Du, C. 2022. Revision of Chinese species of the ant genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Zootaxa 5196(3), 301–330 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5196.3.1).
• Clark, J. 1926. Australian Formicidae. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 12: 43-51 (page 45, pl. 6, fig. 1 queen described)
• Emery, C. 1923a. Einige exotische Ameisen des Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes. Entomol. Mitt. 12: 60-62 (page 60, fig. 1 queen described)