Nesomyrmex exiguus

This species is endemic to the Malagasy region, and its distribution is restricted to the northern, dry area of Madagascar. There it lives in littoral rainforest and tropical dry forest; a single locality (Forêt d' Andavakoera) is known in rainforest close to other known localities of this species in the northern, dry bioclimatic zone.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Two samples that may raise the chance of misclassifications are known to have been collected in far southern localities. These samples were classified as N. exiguus by cumulative LDA with very high posterior probabilities (CASENT0208857, p D 0:971 and CASENT0496931, p D 0:998) when these were added as wildcards to minimize the chance of possible misclassifications. These individuals are most probably representatives of populations brought to these localities by people.

Nomenclature

 *  exiguus. Nesomyrmex exiguus Csösz & Fisher, 2016: 23, figs. 10A-10C (w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR.