Nylanderia guatemalensis

Nylanderia guatemalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Nylanderia
Species:	N. guatemalensis
Binomial name
Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885) Specimen labels
Subspecies
Nylanderia guatemalensis cocoensis Forel, 1902 Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans Forel, 1901
Synonyms
Prenolepis guatemalensis antillana Forel, 1893

In Florida, where this Central American species has been introduced, it is found in mesic disturbed areas and can also invade relatively undisturbed hammocks. Nests are usually in leaf litter.

At a Glance

• Invasive

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Nearctic Nylanderia Males
• Key to Nearctic Nylanderia Workers
• Key to Nylanderia of the West Indies

Distribution

This species has been introduced into Florida, where it is a common species in Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties, and less common farther north to Hillsborough and Indian River counties. Pest status: occasionally a minor nuisance in outdoor eating areas, rarely enters buildings in numbers. First published Florida record: Trager 1984. (Deyrup, Davis & Cover, 2000.)

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 20.4167° to -23.26555556°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States.
Neotropical Region: Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Greater Antilles, Guatemala (type locality), Haiti, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Worker

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Queen

Images from AntWeb

Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0104222. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• guatemalensis. Prenolepis vividula var. guatemalensis Forel, 1885a: 348 (w.q.) GUATEMALA. Wheeler, W.M. 1905f: 392 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986d: 336 (l.). Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia): Forel, 1912i: 66; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 223; in Nylanderia: Kempf, 1972a: 167; in Paratrechina: Trager, 1984b: 139; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127. Subspecies of vividula: Forel, 1912i: 66; Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 111. Raised to species: Forel, 1893g: 340; Forel, 1902b: 178; Smith, M.R. 1954c: 14; Trager, 1984b: 139. Senior synonym of antillana: Kallal & LaPolla, 2012: 41. Current subspecies: nominal plus cocoensis, itinerans.
• antillana. Prenolepis guatemalensis r. antillana Forel, 1893g: 340 (w.q.m.) ANTILLES. Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia): Forel, 1912i: 66; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 223; in Nylanderia: Kempf, 1972a: 168; in Paratrechina: Brandão, 1991: 368; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127. Subspecies of vividula: Forel, 1912i: 66. Junior synonym of guatemalensis: Kallal & LaPolla, 2012: 41.

Type Material

• Prenolepis vividula guatemalensis: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Guatemala, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Prenolepis guatemalensis antillana: Syntype, 4 workers, Antilles, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

Description

Worker

Entierement d'un jaune pale. Mesonotum microscopiquement pubescent et microscopiquement ride. Du reste comme les varietes pubescentes et jaunes de la P. vividula

Queen

est identique a celle de la P. vividula i. sp.

Type Material

Retaluleu en Guatemala (M. Stoll)

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