Nylanderia nubatama

Identification
This species resembles Nylanderia flavipes, Nylanderia ryukyuensis and Nylanderia yaeyamensis. It may be distinguished from the latter by its dark body coloration, the shorter erect hairs and moderately abundant pubescence of the antennal scapes.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan.

Nomenclature

 *  nubatama. Paratrechina nubatama Terayama, 1999c: 51, figs. 6, 14, 15 (w.q.) JAPAN. Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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. 2016. How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? (in Japanese). Part 2, chapter 1 in How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? Pp. 92-132.
 * 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.