Syscia machaquila

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

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Guatemala (type locality), Mexico.

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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.

  • machaquila. Syscia machaquila Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 27, fig. 10 (w.q.) GUATEMALA. MEXICO.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Guatemala: Petén, 13 km. NW Machaquilá, 16.4404, -89.53447 ±37 m., 390 m., 28.v.2009, tropical moist forest, sifted leaf litter (LLAMA, Wm-B-06-1-03); paratypes: with same data, with same data but 16.44167, -89.53496 ±50 m. (LLAMA, Wm-B-06-1-04).
    • Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); JTLC, MCZC, UCDC, USNM, UVGC (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico.

Description

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