''Parasyscia'' is a
genus
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of
ants in the
subfamily
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Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species.
The genus is distributed across the
Afrotropical
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,
Australasia
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,
Indomalaya,
Malagasy,
Oceania
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, and
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
bioregions.
''Parasyscia'' was described by Emery (1882), moved to a subgenus of ''Cerapachys'' by Forel (1892) and finally placed as a junior synonym of ''Cerapachys'' by Kempf (1972). ''Parasyscia'' was resurrected as a valid genus by Borowiec (2016) during redescription of the doryline genera.
Species
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Parasyscia afer''
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Parasyscia aitkenii''
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Parasyscia arnoldi''
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Parasyscia browni''
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Parasyscia bryanti''
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Parasyscia centurio''
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Parasyscia conservata''
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Parasyscia cribrinodis''
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Parasyscia desposyne''
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Parasyscia dohertyi''
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Parasyscia dominula''
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Parasyscia faurei''
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Parasyscia flavaclavata''
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Parasyscia fossulata''
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Parasyscia foveolata''
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Parasyscia hashimotoi''
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Parasyscia imerinensis''
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Parasyscia inconspicua''
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Parasyscia indica''
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Parasyscia kenyensis''
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Parasyscia keralensis''
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Parasyscia kodecorum''
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Parasyscia lamborni''
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Parasyscia lindrothi''
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Parasyscia luteoviger''
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Parasyscia majuscula''
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Parasyscia muiri''
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Parasyscia natalensis''
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Parasyscia nitens''
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Parasyscia nitidulus''
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Parasyscia opaca''
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Parasyscia peringueyi''
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Parasyscia piochardi''
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Parasyscia polynikes''
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Parasyscia reticulata''
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Parasyscia rifati''
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Parasyscia rufithorax''
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Parasyscia salimani''
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Parasyscia schoedli''
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Parasyscia sculpturata''
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Parasyscia seema''
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Parasyscia sudanensis''
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Parasyscia superata''
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Parasyscia sylvicola''
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Parasyscia terricola''
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Parasyscia valida''
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Parasyscia villiersi''
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Parasyscia vitiensis''
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Parasyscia wighti''
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Parasyscia wittmeri''
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Parasyscia zimmermani''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q107132704
Dorylinae
Ant genera