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Nylanderia consuta
| Nylanderia consuta | |
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| Nylanderia dichroa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Nylanderia |
| Species: | N. consuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Nylanderia consuta Wheeler, W.M., 1935
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -7.050000191° to -10.5°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Worker
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| Holotype of Nylanderia dichroa. Worker. Specimen code castype05029. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dichroa. Nylanderia dichroa Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 181 (w.) SOLOMON IS.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Paratrechina (Nylanderia) dichroa Karavaiev, 1933b: 106 (Bolton, 1995b: 313).]
- Replacement name: Nylanderia consuta Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 72.
- consuta. Nylanderia consuta Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 72.
- Replacement name for Nylanderia dichroa Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 181. [Junior secondary homonym of Paratrechina (Nylanderia) dichroa Karavaiev, 1933b: 106.]
- Combination in Paratrechina: Bolton, 1995b: 313.
- Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 313.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Length about 2.7 mm.
Closely resembling Nylanderia rosae of Australia in form and sculpture but of very different color. Head broadItalic texter, with more convex eyes and distinctly concave posterior border; antennal funiculi longer and more slender; base of epinotum more convex and rounded. Petiolar node with more rounded and less truncated superior border, inclined forward as in rosae. Gaster anteriorly with a deep concavity for the accommodation of the petiole. Yellow, with jet black gaster; anal segment reddish. Smooth and shining. Pilosity much as in rosae, with the erect hairs long and coarse, but longer and more numerous on the mesonotum and sides of the pronotum. The hairs are dark brown but appear partially pale in some lights. Pubescence on epinotum and legs rather conspicuous, white and appressed.
Type Material
A single specimen from the Kau Kau Plantation, Guadalcanar Island, Solomons (V.20.33). Maurice Willows Jr. collector.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 313, Combination in Paratrechina)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1934a. Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition, 1933. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 21: 173-181 (page 181, Replaced name)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 68-72 (page 72, Replacement name for Nylanderia dichroa)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Karavaiev V. 1933. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, VII. (Fortsetzung). Konowia 12: 103-120.
- Wheeler W.M. 1934. Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker expedition, 1933. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 21(14): 173-181.
- Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
- Wheeler, William Morton. 1934. Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition, 1933. California Academy of Sciences. 21(14):173-181.
- Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56