Nylanderia ogasawarensis

Nylanderia ogasawarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Nylanderia
Species:	N. ogasawarensis
Binomial name
Nylanderia ogasawarensis (Terayama, 1999)

Common Name
Ogasawara-ameiro-ari
Language:	Japanese

This species is found in gasslands and forests, nesting in the soil, leaf litter and rotting wood (Japanese Ant Image Database).

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• ogasawarensis. Paratrechina ogasawarensis Terayama, 1999c: 55, figs. 10, 18 (w.) JAPAN. Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127.

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 55, figs. 10, 18 worker 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.
• Terayama M., and S. Kubota. 2002. Ants of Tokyo, Japan. ARI 26: 1-32.
• Terayama. M. 2004. Geological and ecological distribution of Japanese ants communities. (translated from Japanese) Reports of the Saitama Prefecture Animal Research Association. 48:27