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Nylanderia sierra
| Nylanderia sierra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Nylanderia |
| Species: | N. sierra |
| Binomial name | |
| Nylanderia sierra LaPolla & Kallal, 2019
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Nothing is known about the biology of Nylanderia sierra.
Identification
LaPolla and Kallal (2019) - Smaller brown species; SL typically <0.73mm; WL <0.8mm; REL <25.
Compare with: Nylanderia wardi, Nylanderia xestonota.
Workers of this species are some of the smallest found in Cuba. The abundant pubescence on the mesonotum and gastral tergites make it fairly easy to separate workers of this species from those of N. xestonota, which is a Cuban species similar in size but it completely lacks pubescence on the mesonotum and gastral tergites. For details of separating N. sierra from N. wardi, see notes under N. wardi.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 20.011° to 19.999°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba (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.
- sierra. Nylanderia sierra LaPolla & Kallal, 2019: 436, figs. 86-88 (w.) CUBA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
(n=5): TL: 1.94–2.53; HW: 0.45–0.56; HL: 0.55–0.63; EL: 0.14–0.15; SL: 0.63– 0.74; WL: 0.61–0.75; GL: 0.78–1.20. SMC: 19–27; PMC: 3–4; MMC: 2. indices: CI: 83–88; REL: 22–26; SI: 112–148; SI2: 19–24.
Head: sides of head in full face view slightly rounded; posterolateral corners rounded or angled; posterior margin slightly rounded; anterior clypeal margin convex; three ocelli present; eye well-developed. Mesosoma: in lateral view, pronotum convex; anterior margin of mesonotum more or less even with posterior pronotal margin; metanotal area without short flat area before spiracle; dorsal face of propodeum slightly convex to nearly flat; dorsal face of propodeum lower than mesonotum in lateral view. Color and pilosity: dark brown, with antennae and legs, especially (except procoxae which are dark brown) lighter yellowish-brown; funiculi and legs become more yellowish distally (typically mesocoxa, metacoxa and trochanters are lighter than femora and tibiae); pubescence sparse to absent except for abundant pubescence on mesonotum and gaster; dorsal face of propodeum with fringe of pubescence.
Type Material
Holotype worker, CUBA: Santiago de Cuba: Parque Nacional Gran Piedra, trail to Cerro Mogote, 19.99900, 75.58300 +/- 150 m, 800 m, 28 Jan 2012, F. Cala #RSA2012-012 (CASENT0630139) (National Museum of Natural History); 4 paratype workers, CUBA: Santiago de Cuba: Parque Nacional Gran Piedra, Estacion Ecologica Gran Piedra, 20.01000, -75.63700 +/- 150 m, 1080 m, 26 Jan 2012, R.S. Anderson #RSA2012-005 (NMNH & Museum of Comparative Zoology).
Etymology
Species epithet, sierra, is Spanish for mountains or mountain range, in reference to the habitats in which this species holotype specimen was collected.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- LaPolla J. S., and R. J. Kallal. 2019. Nylanderia of the World Part III: Nylanderia in the West Indies. Zootaxa 4658: 401-451.