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Species: Nylanderia vividula

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Nylanderia

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

1 subspecies

Formica vividula Nylander, 1846a PDF: 900, pl. 18, figs. 2, 10-14 (w.q.m.) FINLAND. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in Prenolepis: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 52; in Nylanderia (Nylanderia): Emery, 1906b PDF: 134; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d PDF: 223; in Nylanderia: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 168; in Paratrechina: Trager, 1984b PDF: 131; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010A PDF: 127.

Senior synonym of Nylanderia picea: Mayr, 1876 PDF: 78; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 431.

of Nylanderia kincaidi Trager, 1984b PDF: 75; of Nylanderia mjobergi: Kallal & LaPolla, 2012: 38.

Current subspecies: nominal plus Nylanderia vividula australis.

See also: Emery, 1910a PDF: 131; Radchenko, 2007: 33.

Distribution:

Cabo Verde

Comments:

Probably introduced, at least into northern California.

Notes:

(Dutch vernacular name: glanzende langsprietmier)

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 5 times found in rainforest, 6 times found in closed vegetation, 9 times found in forest, 1 times found in littoral forest, 4 times found in mixed forest, 5 times found in coastal scrub, 2 times found in native wet forest, 1 times found in mixed native forest, 1 times found in palm forest, 2 times found in park/garden, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 2 times 2 Maxi Winks, 3 times 9 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 4 times pitfall trap, 3-10, 4 times bait, 2, 20 jam, 3 times beating low vegetation, 3 times bait, 2, -5 jam, 3 times bait, 2, -5 tuna, 3 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS), 3 times pitfall trap, 3-5, 3 times pitfall trap, 1-0, 2 times bait, 4, 10 tuna, ...

Elevations: collected from 1 - 1750 meters, 426 meters average