Nylanderia yambaru

Nylanderia yambaru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Nylanderia
Species:	N. yambaru
Binomial name
Nylanderia yambaru (Terayama, 1999)

Common Name
Yanbaru-ameiro-ari
Language:	Japanese

This species is known only from northern Okinawa (Japanese Ant Image Database).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 26.5° to 26.5°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Japan (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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• yambaru. Paratrechina yambaru Terayama, 1999c: 60, fig. 16 (w.) JAPAN. Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127.

References

• Terayama, M. 1999c. Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, Part 5. Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan. 1:49-64. (page 60, fig. 16 worker described)
• Katayama, M., Tsuji, K. 2010. Habitat differences and occurrence of native and exotic ants on Okinawa Island. Entomological Science 13, 425–429 (doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00400.x).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Suwabe, Mayuko, Ohnishi, Hitoshi, Kikuchi, Tomonori, Kawara, Kengo and Tsuji, Kazuki. 2009. Difference in seasonal activity pattern between non-native and native ants in subtropical forest of Okinawa Island, Japan. Ecol Res. 24:637-643.
• Terayama M. 1999. Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, Part 5. Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 49-64.
• Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
• Yamane S., S. Ikudome, and M. Terayama. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp, 138-317.
• Yamane S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp138-317.