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Nylanderia nubatama
| Nylanderia nubatama | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Nylanderia |
| Species: | N. nubatama |
| Binomial name | |
| Nylanderia nubatama (Terayama, 1999) | |
| Common Name | |
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| Kuro-sakura-ari | |
| Language: | Japanese |
Identification
This species resembles Nylanderia flavipes, Nylanderia ryukyuensis and Nylanderia yaeyamensis. It may be distinguished from the latter by its dark body coloration, the shorter erect hairs and moderately abundant pubescence of the antennal scapes.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Japan (type locality).
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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nubatama. Paratrechina nubatama Terayama, 1999c: 51, figs. 6, 14, 15 (w.q.) JAPAN. Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127.
Description
References
- Terayama, M. 1999c. Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, Part 5. Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan. 1:49-64. (page 51, figs. 6, 14, 15 worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Terayama M. 1999. Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, Part 5. Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 49-64.
- Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
- Yamane S. 2016. How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? (in Japanese). Part 2, chapter 1 in How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? Pp. 92-132.
- Yamane S., S. Ikudome, and M. Terayama. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp, 138-317.
- Yamane S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp. pp138-317.