Nylanderia braueri
Nylanderia braueri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Lasiini |
Genus: | Nylanderia |
Species: | N. braueri |
Binomial name | |
Nylanderia braueri (Mayr, 1868) | |
Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Specimen code casent0911015. . |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- braueri. Prenolepis braueri Mayr, 1868a: 49 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia): Forel, 1908b: 64; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 221; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127. Current subspecies: nominal plus donisthorpei.
Type Material
- Prenolepis braueri Mayr, 1868: Syntype, worker(s) (probable), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 221, Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia))
- Forel, A. 1908c. Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 35-72 (page 64, Combination in Prenolepis (Nylanderia))
- Hoffmann, B., Eldridge, J., Marston, C. 2023. The first eradication of an exotic ant species from the entirety of Australia: Pheidole fervens. Management of Biological Invasions, 14(4), 619–624 (doi:10.3391/mbi.2023.14.4.03).
- Mayr, G. 1868a. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Bei dieser Termiten-Art fanden sich Ameisen vor, welche ich meinem Freunde Dr. Mayr zur Untersuchung übergab. Dr. Mayr erkannte sie als neue Art, und sendet mir folgende Beschreibung derselben: Prenolepis brauer (page 49, worker described)