A new species of the genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Simeulue Island, Indonesia

Pryatna M.Z. 1 , Yamada A. 2 , Satria R. 1,3
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri, Padang, 25131, Indonesia
2 Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
3 Biodiversity of Sumatra Research Group, Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri, Padang, 25131, Indonesia

Year: 2026, Number: 539, Pages: 1-6

A new species Parasyscia simeuluensis sp. n. is described based on the workers collected from leaf litter in lowland disturbed forest of Simeulue Island (Aceh, Indonesia), adjacent to Sumatra Island. New species morphologically most similar to P. kodecorum (Brown) from Borneo in the presence of unique arc-shaped frontal scrobes on the cranium. However, new species is easily distinguished from the latter by having 12-segmented antennae.

DOI: 10.25221/fee.539.1

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Keywords: Ants, taxonomy, new species, Aceh, Simeulue Island, Oriental region,

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