Parasyscia sudanensis - AntCat

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Parasyscia sudanensis (Weber, 1942) valid

Cerapachys sudanensis Weber, 1942b: 42, figs. 1, 12 (w.) SOUTH SUDAN. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “one colony”). Primary type locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Imatong Mts, ca 6000 ft, 1939, no. 1363 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depositories: MCZC, NHMUK (perhaps also in AMNH). Primary type specimen: CASENT0902714.

Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, 2016: 205
Status as species: Weber, 1943d: 293; Brown, 1975: 23, 62; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
Senior synonym of Parasyscia variolosus: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 145.

Junior synonyms

Parasyscia variolosus (Arnold, 1949)
Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys variolosus

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys sudanensis

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
Weber, N. A. 1942b. New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 44:40-49. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93:263-389. PDF

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