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Species: Nylanderia madagascarensis

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Nylanderia

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

3 subspecies

Prenolepis vividula var. madagascarensis Forel, 1886h PDF: 212 (w.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1892o: 238 (q.m.).

Combination in Nylanderia (Nylanderia): Emery, 1914f: 422; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d PDF: 219; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010A PDF: 127.

Subspecies of Nylanderia vividula: Forel, 1891c PDF: 87.

Raised to species: Forel, 1892o: 238; Wheeler, 1922: 1038.

Current subspecies: nominal plus Nylanderia madagascarensis ellisii, Nylanderia madagascarensis rufescens, Nylanderia madagascarensis sechellensis.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 121 times found in urban/garden, 23 times found in rainforest, 19 times found in urban garden, 3 times found in dry forest, 14 times found in montane rainforest, 9 times found in disturbed montane rainforest, 7 times found in Uapaca woodland, 8 times found in coastal scrub, 5 times found in tropical dry forest, 3 times found in degraded forest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 12 times 9 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 2 times Malaise trap 4, 2 times beating low vegetation, 1 times 10 Maxiwinks, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 25 cup sample transect, 1 times pitfall trap

Elevations: collected from 1 - 1580 meters, 629 meters average