Parasyscia arnoldi - AntCat

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Parasyscia arnoldi (Forel, 1914) valid

Cerapachys arnoldi Forel, 1914d: 211 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Colony (no collector’s name). Primary type depositories: MHNG, SAMC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907049. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given.

Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, 2016: 204
Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 755; Arnold, 1926: 191; Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
Senior synonym of Parasyscia arnoldi hewitti: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.

Junior synonyms

Parasyscia arnoldi hewitti (Arnold, 1926)
Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys arnoldi hewitti

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys arnoldi

Citations

Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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