Syscia latepunctata, 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 : 27

Syscia latepunctata , New Species

Figure 13 (map, worker), S29 (holotype worker), S30 (queen)

Holotype: 1 worker, COSTA RICA, Limón: Res. Biol. Hitoy-Cerere, 9.66655 −83.02283 ± 10m, 200m, 10-Jun-2015, tropical rainforest, with some big trees, probably a mix of primary and secondary forest, near a small stream, ex sifted leaf litter (ADMAC, Wa-E-02-1-19) [UCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0637043] . PARATYPES: same data as holotype [queen: CASC] ; Res. Biol. Hitoy-Cerere, 9.65238 −83.02206 ± 25m, 670m, 11-Jun-2015, tropical rainforest, with big trees, probably primary, ex sifted leaf litter (ADMAC, Wm- E-02-1-06) [worker: CASC].

Figures

Fig. 13. Distribution map, face view, lateral view of petiole-AIV, and dorsal view of AIII-AIV of Syscia latepunctata (holotype worker), S. borowieci (holotype worker),S.volucris (holotype worker),S. JTL076 (queen,CASENT0614221),S. JTL064 (worker,CASENT0631661),S. JTL033 (worker,CASENT0611831),S.grandis (holotype worker), and S. JTL003 (worker,INB0003213589).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.