Parasyscia nitida

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Parasyscia nitida (Wheeler & Chapman, 1925) junior synonym of current valid taxon Parasyscia rufithorax (Wheeler & Chapman, 1925)

Cerapachys nitida Wheeler & Chapman, 1925: 52, pl. 1, figs. 9, 10 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Negros I.). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Type-material: 6 syntype workers. Type-locality: Philippines: Negros, Negros Oriental Prov., Dumaguete, Horns of Negros, 450 m. (J.W. Chapman). Type-depository: MCZC.

Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 19.
Junior synonym of Parasyscia rufithorax: Brown, 1955e: 52; Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys nitidus

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955e. The ant Cerapachys rufithorax and its synonyms. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:52. 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
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Wheeler, W. M.; Chapman, J. W. 1925. The ants of the Philippine Islands. Part I, Dorylinae and Ponerinae. Philippine Journal of Science 28:47-73. PDF

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