Nylanderia vaga

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island. Indo-Australian Region: Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands. Neotropical Region: Galapagos Islands.

Nomenclature

 *  vaga. Prenolepis obscura r. vaga Forel, 1901b: 26 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Bismarck Archipelago). Donisthorpe, 1948g: 142 (m.). Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia): Emery, 1914f: 422; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 221; in Nylanderia: Wheeler, W.M. 1936f: 17; in Paratrechina: Bolton, 1995b: 315; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127. Raised to species: Emery, 1914f: 424. Senior synonym of crassipilis, irritans: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 90.
 * crassipilis. Paratrechina (Nylanderia) vaga var. crassipilis Santschi, 1928c: 71 (w.) FIJI IS. Junior synonym of vaga: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 90.
 * irritans. Paratrechina (Nylanderia) vaga var. irritans Santschi, 1928a: 55, figs. 7, 8 (w.m.) SAMOA. Junior synonym of vaga: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 90.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
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 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
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 * Wheeler, William Morton. 1927. The Ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62(4): 121-153
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