Parasyscia afer

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Parasyscia afer (Forel, 1907) valid

Cerapachys afer Forel, 1907d: 9 (w.q.) TANZANIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Mto-ya-kifaru, Arusha-chini (K. Katona). Primary type depositories: HNHM, MHNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0907047, CASENT0922425, CASENT0922457.

Combination in Cerapachys (Cerapachys): Emery, 1911e: 9.
Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, 2016: 204.
Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 9; Wheeler, 1922: 755; Brown, 1975: 22, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
Senior synonym of Parasyscia cooperi: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.

Junior synonyms

Parasyscia cooperi (Arnold, 1915)
Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys cooperi

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys afer

Citations

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
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 5:1-42. 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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