Nylanderia of the World Part III: Nylanderia in the West Indies Author Kallal, Robert J. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-23 4658 3 401 451 journal article 25929 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.1 70ec409b-10b2-459d-bd98-e3e45b41f3a9 1175-5326 3375930 140EC233-D961-4705-AAF6-A6874C2B52E9 Nylanderia wardi , sp. nov. Figs.97–99 (worker) Holotype worker, CUBA : Holguin , 6 km S Yamanigüey , 20° 33’ N , 74° 44’W , 25 m , 23.viii.2001 , P.S. Ward #14437- 23 ( NMNH ) ; 2 paratype workers same locality data as holotype (specimens are from the same nest as holotype) ; 3 paratype workers same locality data as holotype but different collecting code ( P.S. Ward #14436) ( NMNH & MCZC ). Worker diagnosis: Larger brown to light brown species (HL: 0.6–0.72); SMC typically greater than 30 (measured range: 26–38); head in full-face view distinctly ovate with rounded posterolateral corners. Compare with: N. sierra , N. xestonota WORKER. Measurements (n=7) : TL: 2.20–2.84; HW: 0.54–0.6; HL: 0.60–0.72; EL: 0.15–0.18; SL: 0.78–0.87; WL: 0.76–0.85; GL: 0.82–1.3; SMC: 26–38; PMC: 4–6; MMC: 3–4. Indices: CI: 83–90; REL: 24–25; SI: 141–152; SI2: 18–21. Head : Sides of head in full face view rounded and slightly convergent anteriad; posterolateral corners distinctly rounded; posterior margin straight; anterior clypeal margin emarginate; median ocellus present; eye well-developed. Mesosoma : in lateral view, pronotum convex; anterior margin of mesonotum raised slightly above posterior pronotal margin; metanotal area without short flat area before spiracle; dorsal face of propodeum slightly convex; dorsal face of propodeum lower than mesonotum in lateral view. Color and pilosity : color light brown to brownish-yellow; slightly darker dorsally; mesocoxae and metacoxae slightly lighter than the mesosoma; head generally without pubescence, except some sparse pubescence laterally and underneath eyes; mesosoma generally without pubescence, except some sparse pubescence on the mesonotum and a sparse fringe along dorsal face of propodeum; gastral tergites with abundant pubescence. FIGURES 97–99. Nylanderia wardi worker CASENT0280582. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body. Other material examined: CUBA : Santiago de Cuba : Parque Nacional Gran Piedra , near La Isabellica , 20.00700 , -75.61900 +/- 150 m , 1115 m , 29 Jan 2012 , R.S. Anderson # RSA 2012-013. Etymology: Named in honor of Philip S. Ward (University of California—Davis), who not only collected this species, but whose many superb contributions to myrmecology have greatly enriched the field. Notes: Workers of this species are very similar to N. sierra , but N. wardi is much larger and the declivity following the mesonotum to the metanotal area is distinctly longer in N. wardi . Additionally, N. wardi has much more scape macrosetae than N. sierra . There were individuals of N. sierra collected in sympatry with N. wardi and the morphological differences between the two species were maintained.