''Parasyscia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is an ant subfamily, with distributions in both the Old World and New World. Brady ''et al.'' (2014) Synonym (taxonomy), synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, and Lep ...
containing approximately 50 described species.
The genus is distributed across the
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
,
Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...
,
Indomalaya
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
,
Malagasy,
Oceania
Oceania ( , ) is a region, geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Outside of the English-speaking world, Oceania is generally considered a continent, while Mainland Australia is regarded as its co ...
, and
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
bioregions.
''Parasyscia'' was described by
Carlo Emery
Carlo Emery (25 October 1848, Naples – 11 May 1925) was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasitism (biology), social parasites are often closely related to their hosts.
Early in hi ...
(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 the 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
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Parasyscia'' w ...
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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
''Parasyscia fossulata'' is a species of reddish-brown army ant found in Sri Lanka and China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion ...
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Parasyscia foveolata
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Parasyscia'' w ...
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Parasyscia hashimotoi
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Parasyscia'' w ...
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Parasyscia imerinensis
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Parasyscia'' w ...
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Parasyscia inconspicua
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Parasyscia'' w ...
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Parasyscia indica
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Parasyscia'' w ...
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Parasyscia kenyensis
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Parasyscia'' w ...
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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
''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Madagascar, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Par ...
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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
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Dorylinae
Ant genera