Nylanderia magnella

This species is known from three regions in the desert southwest of the United States: central Arizona, southern Nevada, and southwestern California. Collections have been made at multiple sites in southern California coastal sagebrush and grassland habitats. Local vegetation includes Artemisia californica, Nassella pulchra, Brassica nigra, Salvia mellifera, other native and non-native grasses, and burned Ceanothus chaparral (C. Rochester, pers. comm.). Collections of this species made in this region were primarily by pitfall traps (Mitrovich et al., 2010). This species is also found in urban areas, including sidewalk cracks and near homes (M. Martinez, pers. comm.). Arizona material is known from a single locality collected in August with only reproductive castes present. Apparently nests are polydomous and likely polygynous (M. Martinez, pers. comm.) (Kallal & LaPolla, 2012).

Distribution
This taxon was described from U.S.A.

Nomenclature

 *  magnella. Nylanderia magnella Kallal & LaPolla, 2012: 25, figs. 31-33, 68, 125-132, 195 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.