Nylanderia humbloti

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Nylanderia humbloti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Nylanderia
Species: N. humbloti
Binomial name
Nylanderia humbloti
(Forel, 1891)

Paratrechina humbloti casent0101315 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.8802° to -18.0264°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Paratrechina humbloti casent0101316 head 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101316 profile 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101316 dorsal 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101316 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Prenolepis braueri humblotiWorker. Specimen code casent0101316. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Prenolepis braueri humblotiQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0101418. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.
Paratrechina humbloti casent0101488 head 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101488 profile 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101488 dorsal 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101488 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Prenolepis braueri humblotiWorker. Specimen code casent0101488. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.
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Syntype of Prenolepis braueri humblotiMale (alate). Specimen code casent0101489. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.
Paratrechina humbloti casent0101590 head 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101590 profile 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101590 profile 2.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101590 dorsal 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101590 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Prenolepis braueri humblotiQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0101590. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Paratrechina humbloti casent0101857 head 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101857 profile 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101857 profile 2.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101857 dorsal 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101857 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Prenolepis braueri humblotiMale (alate). Specimen code casent0101857. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Paratrechina humbloti casent0101927 head 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101927 profile 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101927 dorsal 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0101927 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Prenolepis braueri humblotiWorker. Specimen code casent0101927. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Paratrechina humbloti casent0104642 head 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0104642 profile 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0104642 dorsal 1.jpgParatrechina humbloti casent0104642 label 1.jpg
Type of Prenolepis braueri humblotiWorker. Specimen code casent0104642. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ZMHB, Berlin, Germany.

Nomenclature

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

  • humbloti. Prenolepis braueri r. humbloti Forel, 1891b: 90, pl. 2, fig. 11 (w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR. Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1038; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 219; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127. Raised to species: Emery, 1895f: 337.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1895g. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire de Diego-Suarez (Madagascar-nord) (Avril-août 1893). Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 336-345 (page 337, raised to species)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 219, Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia))
  • Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. (page 90, pl. 2. fig. 11 worker, queen, male described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (page 1038, Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
  • Forel A. 1907. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2: 75-92.
  • Ravelomanana A., and B. L. Fisher. 2013. Diversity of ants in burned and unburned grassland , and dry deciduous forest in the Beanka Reserve, Melaky Region, western Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 7: 171-183.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055