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Issue: Vol. 3110 No. 1: 25 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3110.1.2
Page range: 10–36
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 36

Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part I: Nylanderia in the Afrotropics

Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland USA 21252
AfriBugs CC, 379 Bakenkloof Street, Pretoria North, Gauteng Province, 0182, South Africa. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, 0002, South Africa
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
Hymenoptera Afrotropics Formicidae Nylanderia Paraparatrechina Prenolepis genus-group

Abstract

The taxonomy of the Afrotropical Nylanderia fauna is revised for the first time. Fourteen native species are revealed, of which eight are described as new: N. boltoni LaPolla and Fisher, N. brevisetula LaPolla and Fisher, N. impolita LaPolla and Fisher, N. luteafra LaPolla and Fisher, N. scintilla LaPolla and Fisher, N. silvula LaPolla and Fisher, N. umbella LaPolla and Fisher, and N. usambarica LaPolla, Hawkes and Fisher. Two species, N. jaegerskioeldi and N. natalensis, have workers that are indistinguishable from each other, and males are the only reliable way to separate these two species. Three non-native Nylanderia species are thought to have been introduced to Africa: N. bourbonica, N. vaga, and N. vividula. An identification key to the worker caste is provided.

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