Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)
Extant: 125 valid species, 25 valid subspecies
Fossil: 2 valid species
Taxonomic history
LaPolla et al., 2010a PDF: 126 (diagnosis, status);
LaPolla et al., 2011 PDF: 4 (diagnosis, phylogeny, notes);
LaPolla et al., 2011 PDF: 13 (Afrotropical species key);
Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 PDF: 7 (Nearctic species key);
Sarnat & Economo, 2012 PDF: 64 (Fiji species key);
Wachkoo & Bharti, 2014a 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1163 PDF: 10 (India species key);
Wachkoo & Bharti, 2015b 10.1016/j.japb.2015.04.007 PDF: 105 (Indian species revision, key, diagnosis);
Cantone, 2017 PDF: 165 (brief male diagnosis);
LaPolla & Kallal, 2019 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.1 PDF: 407 (West Indies key);
Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019 PDF: 737 (Colombia species);
Messer et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.921.46921 PDF: 27 (key to Nearctic queens, males)
Taxon Page Images:
A nest of
Nylanderia querna in the leaf litter, hidden away in a rotting acorn. The winged individuals are males. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA.
Image ©
Alex Wild.

Overview:
Nylanderia yerburyi in western ghats
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Angola,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Comoros,
Congo,
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea,
Europa Island,
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ile du Lys,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Macaronesia,
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Mayotte,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Reunion,
Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
South Africa,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda Americas: Argentina,
Bahamas,
Belize,
Bermuda,
Brazil,
Chile,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Galapagos Islands,
Grenada,
Guatemala,
Haiti,
Jamaica,
Martinique,
Mexico,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
United States,
United States Virgin Islands,
Venezuela Asia: Afghanistan,
Cambodia,
China,
Georgia,
India,
Indonesia,
Iraq,
Japan,
Myanmar,
Oman,
Saudi Arabia,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Taiwan,
United Arab Emirates,
Vietnam Europe: Finland,
Greece,
Malta,
Portugal,
Russia,
Spain,
Sweden,
United Kingdom Oceania: Australia,
Cook Islands,
Fiji,
French Polynesia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Kiribati,
Marshall Islands,
Micronesia,
Nauru,
New Caledonia,
New Zealand,
Palau,
Palmyra Atoll,
Papua New Guinea,
Samoa,
Solomon Islands,
Tonga,
Vanuatu Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Afrotropical,
Australasia,
Indomalaya,
Malagasy,
Nearctic,
Neotropical,
Oceania,
Palearctic Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records)
: Afrotropical,
Australasia,
Indomalaya,
Malagasy,
Nearctic,
Neotropical,
Oceania,
Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Nylanderia sp ants in western ghats
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