Parasyscia sylvicola

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Parasyscia sylvicola (Arnold, 1955) valid

Cerapachys sylvicola Arnold, 1955: 761, fig. 26 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Vumba Mts, 5000 ft (G. Arnold). Primary type depositories: SAMC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0902710.

Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, 2016: 205
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 145.

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys sylvicola

Citations

Arnold, G. 1955. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 11. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2:733-762. 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

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