Syscia lacandona

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Syscia lacandona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Syscia
Species: S. lacandona
Binomial name
Syscia lacandona
Longino & Branstetter, 2021

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • lacandona. Syscia lacandona Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 26, fig. 12 (w.q.m.) MEXICO.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype male(s) (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Chiapas, Nahá, 16.97417, -91.58592 ±50 m., 950 m., 14.vii.2007, montane wet forest, sifted leaf litter, JTL6047-s (J. Longino); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: UNAM (holotype); CASC, DZUP, JTLC, MCZC, UCDC, UNAM, USNM (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Mexico.

Description

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