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Syscia

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Syscia
S. typhla worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Syscia
Roger, 1861
Type species
Syscia typhla
Roger, 1861
Diversity[1]
38 species

Syscia is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing thirty eight described species.[1] The genus is distributed widely across the Eastern Asia, North America, and South America.[2] Syscia was described by Roger (1861), later placed as a Cerapachys subgenus by Wheeler (1902) and then junior synonym of Cerapachys by Kempf (1972). Syscia was resurrected as a valid genus by Borowiec (2016) during redescription of the doryline genera.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2021). "Syscia". AntCat. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Genus: Syscia". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ Borowiec, M. (2016). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (608): 1–280. Bibcode:2016ZooK..608....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427. PMC 4982377. PMID 27559303.