Parasyscia polynikes

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Parasyscia polynikes (Wilson, 1959) valid

Cerapachys (Cerapachys) polynikes Wilson, 1959d: 50 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Lower Busu River, nr Lae, 4.v.1955, no. 936 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 124, cites 1 worker paratype in NHMB.

Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, 2016: 205.
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys polynikes

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
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
Wilson, E. O. 1959d. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1:39-57. PDF

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