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Species: Nylanderia madagascarensis rufescens

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Nylanderia

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Prenolepis (Nylanderia) madagascarensis var. rufescens Wheeler, 1922: 1038 (w.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[First available use of Prenolepis ellisii madagascarensis rufescens Forel, 1907i: 88; unavailable name.].

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

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in Savannah grassland, 3 times found in savannah shrubland, 1 times found in Uapaca woodland, 1 times found in savannah woodland, 1 times found in tropical dry forest on tsingy

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 3 times Baiting, 25 index card, 10m, 1 times MW 20 sample transect, 10m, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 20 tube sample transect, 10m, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 25 cup sample transect, 10m, 1 times SD 20 digging sample transect, 10m

Elevations: collected from 160 - 1707 meters, 877 meters average