Nylanderia consuta

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands.

Nomenclature

 * 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.

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 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