Vitsika
Bolton & Fisher, 2014
valid
feminine
Vitsika
Bolton & Fisher, 2014:
68, 81-122, 149-162 (w.q.m.)
MADAGASCAR.
Type-species:
Vitsika crebra
- Vitsika in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015: 17.
- Senior synonym of Myrmisaraka: Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 447
Junior synonyms
- Myrmisaraka Bolton & Fisher, 2014
Genus Vitsika references
Cantone, 2017: 248 (brief male diagnosis)
Citations
- Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. The Madagascan endemic myrmicine ants related to Eutetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy of the genera Eutetramorium Emery, Malagidris nom. n., Myrmisaraka gen. n., Royidris gen. n., and Vitsika gen. n. Zootaxa 3791 (1):1-99. PDF
- Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp. PDF
- Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of Africa and Madagascar A Guide to the Genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, i-ix, 1-503.
- Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF
Extant: 16 valid species
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