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Species: Parasyscia afer   (Forel, 1907) 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Cerapachys afer Forel, 1907d PDF: 9 (w.q.) TANZANIA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Mto-ya-kifaru, Arusha-chini (Katona). Type-depositories: HNHM, MHNG. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Status as species: Emery, 1911e PDF: 9; Wheeler, 1922: 755; Brown, 1975 PDF: 22, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
Senior synonym of Parasyscia cooperi: Brown, 1975 PDF: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: South Africa, Tanzania
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical

Specimen Habitat Summary

Collect Date Range: collected between 1914-04-26 and 1914-09-26

Type specimens: Not labelled as type, probably of the same series of Syntype of Cerapachys cooperi: nmhuk012849512; Syntype: sam-ent-011555; syntype of Cerapachys afer: casent0907047, casent0922425, casent0922457; syntype of Cerapachys cooperi: casent0902712



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