Published March 5, 2021 | Version v1
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Syscia disjuncta Longino & Branstetter 2021, New Species

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112,
  • 2. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, and

Description

Syscia disjuncta, New Species

Figure 11 (map, worker), S18 (holotype worker), S19 (queen), S20 (intercaste female)

Holotype: 1 worker, MEXICO, Tamaulipas: Rancho del Cielo, nr cabins, 23.10105 −99.19233 ± 50m, 1200m, 17-Jul-2006, mixed oak, ex forest litter (R. S. Anderson, RSA2006-0005) [UNAM, unique specimen identifier CASENT0644247]. PARATYPES: same data as holotype [worker: CASC, USNM]; Rancho del Cielo, along road, 23.09428 −99.20318 ± 50m, 1100m, 18-Jul-2006, mixed hardwood, ex forest litter (R. S. Anderson, RSA 2006-0006) [worker: MCZC].

Notes

Published as part of Longino, John T. & Branstetter, Michael G., 2021, Integrating UCE Phylogenomics With Traditional Taxonomy Reveals a Trove of New World Syscia Species (Formicidae: Dorylinae), pp. 1-51 in Insect Systematics and Diversity 5 (2) on page 23, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixab001, http://zenodo.org/record/5384404

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2006-07-17 , 2006-07-18
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Syscia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Longino & Branstetter
Species
disjuncta
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
2006-07-17 , 2006-07-18
Taxonomic concept label
Syscia disjuncta Longino & Branstetter, 2021