Parasyscia indica

Parasyscia indica (Brown, 1975) valid

Cerapachys indicus Brown, 1975: 69, figs. 58-65, 72 (w.q.) INDIA (Kerala). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Kerala, Thirunelly, Wynaad Taluk, 900 m., 6.iv.1969, no. ICA-69 (A.B. Soans & W.L. Brown). Type-depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 20+ paratype workers. Paratype-locality: 12 paratype workers with same data, “other paratypes” (number not stated) Kerala, Cardamon Hills, no. 49 (A.B. Soans & W.L. Brown), 4 paratype workers Valara Falls, 46 km. SW Munnar, 450+ m., 25.xi.1972, no. 18 (Besuchet, Löbl & Mussard), 4 paratype workers betwenn Pambanar and Peermade, 950 m., 9.xi.1972 (Besuchet, Löbl & Mussard). Paratype-depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.

Combination in Parasyscia: Borowiec, 2016: 205
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Bharti & Akbar, 2013a: 86 (in key); Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013d: 1192 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 22; Aswaj et al., 2021: 66 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys indicus

Citations

Aswaj, P.; Sahanashree, R.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Aniruddha, M.; Priyadarsanan, D. R. 2021. Two new species of doryline ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with 11-segmented antennae from India. ZooKeys 1056:59-72. 10.3897/zookeys.1056.68722 PDF
Bharti, H.; Akbar, S. A. 2013a. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India. ZooKeys 336:79-103. PDF
Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2013d. Cerapachys browni and Cerapachys costatus, two new rare ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biologia 68 (6):1189-1192. 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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