Nylanderia integera

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Zhou (2001) - Similar to Paratrechina longicornis, but differs from the latter in anterior clypeal border without notch; antennal scapes shorter, SI < 210; color orange yellow. The new species can be distinguished from Nylanderia birmana by body smooth and shining, occipital border of head not marginate, and mesopropodeal suture not deeply impressed.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  integera. Paratrechina integera Zhou, 2001b: 178, 243, figs. 351, 352 (w.) CHINA. Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127.

Worker
Holotype: TL 2.2, HL 0.61, HW 0.46, CI 75, SL 0.93, SI 202, PW 0.35, AL 0. 85, ED 0.15.

Head rectangular, with straight side and convex occipital border. Masticatory of mandible with 5 teeth, distance between 4th and basal teeth widely apart. Middle of clypeus convex, anterior border integrate, without notch. Antennal scapes slender and long, more than 1/2 of their length extending beyond the occipital border. Eyes large and convex, situated before the midlength of the sides of head. pronotum slightly convex, promesonotal suture distinct; mesonotum oblique backward, mesopronotal suture distinct but not deeply impressed; basal face of propodeum as long as declivity, the latter oblique backward, ·conjunction between them smoothly rounded. Anterior face of petiolar node short and straight, posterior face long and oblique, upper margin straight. Gaster broadly oval, dorsum convex, anterior face concave.

Mandibles indistinctly feebly striate; head and gaster feebly reticulate; remaining parts of the whole body smooth and shining.

Erect hairs yellow, slightly contaminate red, sparse, blunt at tip, denser on head and gaster.

Pronotum with a pair of long erect hairs, there is a pair of short erect hairs beside the long hairs; mesonotum with a pair of erect hairs; propodeum, petiolar node, antennal scapes and tibia of legs without erect hair. Pubescence fine and short, thicker on head and gaster, thiner on alitrunk; abundant on antennal scapes and tibia of legs.

Color orange yellow, vertex slightly lighter, mandibles, clypeus, antennae and legs yellow, gaster brown.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Guilin Forest Park, 20.IV.1996, Shanyi Zhou leg. Paratypes 29 workers, data as holotype.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2012. Checklist of chinese ants: formicomorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) II. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 30(4): 81-91.
 * Zhang R. J., L. W. Liang, and S. Y. Zhou. 2014. An analysis on the ant fauna of Nonggang Nature Reserve in Guangxi, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal university: Natural Science Edition 32(3): 86-93.
 * Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.