Nylanderia faisonensis

Nylanderia faisonensis nests are found in leaf litter, rotten wood, and soil (Trager, 1984). Observed nests are shallow and likely temporal. Reproductives are reared in August through December, at which point they overwinter in the nest and fly between March and May, with southern populations flying earlier (Trager, 1984; Colby & Prowell, 2006) (Kallal & LaPolla, 2012).

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

Nomenclature

 *  faisonensis. Prenolepis (Nylanderia) arenivaga var. faisonensis Forel, 1922: 98 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 221; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127. Junior synonym of arenivaga: Creighton, 1950a: 408. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Trager, 1984b: 93.

Additional References

 * Kallal, R.J. & LaPolla, J.S. 2012. Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part II: Nylanderia in the Nearctic. Zootaxa 3508, 1-64.