Parasyscia zimmermani
Parasyscia zimmermani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Parasyscia |
Species: | P. zimmermani |
Binomial name | |
Parasyscia zimmermani (Wilson, 1959) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -17.8° to -19.11806°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Fiji (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Not Provided. Worker. Specimen code casent0175759. Photographer Eli M. Sarnat, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by EMSC. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- zimmermani. Cerapachys (Cerapachys) zimmermani Wilson, 1959b: 54 (w.) FIJI IS (Viti Levu).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Fiji Is: Viti Levu, Mt Korombamba, 400 m., 1.viii.1938 (E.C. Zimmerman); paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 1 worker Viti Levu, Navai Mill, nr Nadarivatu, 850 m., 7.ix.1938 (E.C. Zimmerman).
- Type-depositories: BPBM (holotype); MCZC, USNM (paratypes).
- Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 205.
- Status as species: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 28.
- Distribution: Fiji Is.
Description
References
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
- Aswaj, P., Sahanashree, R., Udayakantha, W.S., Aniruddha, M., Priyadarsanan, D.R. 2021. Two new species of doryline ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with 11-segmented antennae from India. ZooKeys 1056, 59–72 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1056.68722).
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 145, catalogue)
- 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).
- Mizuno, R., Eguchi, K., Satria, R., Dang, A. V., Bui, V. T., Phung, L. T. H., Ito, F. 2023. Colony composition, phasic reproduction, caste dimorphism, and prey preferences of the oriental non-army doryline ant Yunodorylus eguchii (Borowiec, 2009) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Insectes Sociaux 70(1), 105–117 (doi:10.1007/s00040-023-00898-4).
- Wilson, E. O. 1959d. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pac. Insects 1: 39-57 (page 54, worker described)
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.