Syscia volucris

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

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua (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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • volucris. Syscia volucris Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 40, fig. 13 (w.q.) NICARAGUA, HONDURAS, COSTA RICA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Nicaragua: Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, PN Cerro Saslya, 13.76939, -84.98383 ±10 m., 360 m., 7.v.2011, mature wet forest, sifted leaf litter (LLAMA, Wa-D-02-1-02); paratypes with same data, paratypes with same data but(Wa-D-02-1-01).
    • Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); DZUP, MCZC, UCDC, USNM (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua.

Description

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