Syscia benevidesae, Longino & Branstetter, 2021

Longino, John T. & Branstetter, Michael G., 2021, Integrating UCE Phylogenomics With Traditional Taxonomy Reveals a Trove of New World Syscia Species (Formicidae: Dorylinae), Insect Systematics and Diversity 5 (2), No. 2, pp. 1-51 : 21

Syscia benevidesae , New Species

Figure 11 (map, worker), S9 (holotype worker), S10 (queen)

Holotype: 1 worker, COSTA RICA, Puntarenas: 10km SW Pto. Jimenez , 8.46553 −83.36928 ± 30m, 240m, 12-Mar-2008, wet forest, ex sifted leaf litter (J. Longino, JTL6197-s) [UCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0601652] . PARATYPE: 13km SSW Pto. Jimenez, 8.40667 −83.32833 ± 200m, 130m, 10-Mar-2008, tropical rainforest, ex sifted leaf litter (J. Longino, JTL6209-21) [dealate queen: CASC].

Figures

Fig. 11. Distribution map, face view, lateral view of petiole-AIV, and dorsal view of AIII-AIV of Syscia madrensis (holotype worker), S. JTL066 (worker, CASENT0610648), S. benevidesae (holotype worker), S. chiapaneca (holotype worker), S. parietalis (holotype worker), S. setosa (holotype worker), S. JTL073 (worker, MCZ-ENT00511569), S. JTL075 (worker, CASENT0601445), S. disjuncta (holotype worker), and S. augustae (worker, CASENT0644275). Species are in order of mean HW, which is shown in the lower left of the distribution map. Scale bars 0.2 mm. On distribution maps, red dots are sites with UCE sequence data. Red boxes are type locality.