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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF50FE1B1ECEB0BE" bold="true" box="[151,643,477,504]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF50FE1B1DCBB0BE" bold="true" box="[151,390,477,504]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Nylanderia microps</emphasis>
(Smith, M.R., 1937)
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(worker)
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF50FD831D49B314" box="[151,260,581,605]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Prenolepis</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFED5FD831DC9B314" box="[274,388,581,605]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Nylanderia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFE56FD801DAFB314" box="[401,482,582,605]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">microps</emphasis>
Smith M.R., 1937: 868
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(worker).
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worker,
<collectingCountry id="F3567611FFE2FF9DFC26FD8318C5B314" box="[993,1160,581,605]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">PUERTO RICO</collectingCountry>
: 14 kilometers east of
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(M.R.S.) (NMNH) (examined). Combination in
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFD39FDA21F3DB335" box="[766,880,612,636]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Nylanderia</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B70FFE2FF9DFC47FDA5180DB335" author="Kempf, W. W." box="[896,1088,611,636]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" pagination="3 - 344" refId="ref30189" refString="Kempf, W. W. (1972) Catalogo abreviado das formigas da Regiao Neotropical. Studia Entomologica, 15, 3 - 344." type="journal article" year="1972">Kempf, 1972: 167</bibRefCitation>
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; in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFBAFFDA21CBDB3D2" ID-CoL="63M6D" authority=": Brandao, 1991: 367" authorityName=": Brandao" authorityPageNumber="367" authorityYear="1991" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratrechina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFBAFFDA218A3B335" box="[1128,1262,612,636]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Paratrechina</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B70FFE2FF9DFB39FDA51CBDB3D2" author="Brandao, C. R. F." pageId="24" pageNumber="425" pagination="319 - 412" refId="ref29659" refString="Brandao, C. R. F. (1991) Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasiliera de Entomologia, 35, 319 - 412." type="journal article" year="1991">Brandão, 1991: 367</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFED2FD451F51B3D2" authority=": LaPolla, Brady &amp; Shattuck, 2010: 127" authorityName=": LaPolla, Brady &amp; Shattuck" authorityPageNumber="127" authorityYear="2010" box="[277,796,642,667]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFED2FD451DCAB3D2" box="[277,391,643,667]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Nylanderia</emphasis>
:
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.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF50FD0F1D3EB3AA" bold="true" box="[151,371,712,739]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
Very small eyes (
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less than
<quantity id="4CB99B64FFE2FF9DFD17FD0F1F66B3AA" box="[720,811,713,739]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.1 mm</quantity>
); orange-yellow; entire body with abundant macrosetae (
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFE2FF9DFF58FD2B1CADB24E" box="[159,224,749,775]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dhkd-089i" name="Sedgwick Museum" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">SMC</collectionCode>
: 3847;
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFE2FF9DFEF8FD2B1D32B24E" box="[319,383,749,775]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">PMC</collectionCode>
: 2427) giving species a prickly appearance.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF00FCD61D31B262" bold="true" box="[199,380,784,811]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Compare with:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFE44FCD41DA1B262" baseAuthorityName="Mann" baseAuthorityYear="1920" box="[387,492,786,811]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myops">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFE44FCD41DA1B262" box="[387,492,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. myops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFE3EFCD41ED5B262" box="[505,664,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFE3EFCD41ED9B262" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[505,660,786,811]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zaminyops">N. zaminyops</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF50F8AC1D19B6CA" bold="true" box="[151,340,1898,1923]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">FIGURES 5254.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFE9DF8AD1E6EB6CA" box="[346,547,1899,1923]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="microps">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFE9DF8AD1E6EB6CA" box="[346,547,1899,1923]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Nylanderia microps</emphasis>
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worker USNMENT00754813. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body.
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WORKER.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFE96FF5C1E70B1FA" box="[337,573,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Measurements (n=5)</emphasis>
: TL: 2.403.20; HW: 0.550.73; HL: 0.670.81; EL: 0.050.08; SL: 0.77 0.93; WL: 0.781.00; GL: 0.901.50. SMC: 3847; PMC: 2427; MMC: 510.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFBD4FF7B1820B19E" box="[1043,1133,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Indices:</emphasis>
CI: 8289; REL: 710; SI: 128139; SI2: 69.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFE3FF9CFF00FEC31F51B309" blockId="25.[151,1437,152,1151]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFF00FEC31D49B056" box="[199,260,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Head</emphasis>
: sides of head in full face view nearly parallel; posterolateral corners rounded; posterior margin straight, slightly emarginate medially; anterior clypeal margin evenly rounded; ocelli absent; eye small.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFB72FEEC1960B00A" box="[1205,1325,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: in lateral view, pronotum convex; anterior margin of mesonotum raised slightly above posterior pronotal margin; metanotal area with a short flat area before spiracle; dorsal face of propodeum slightly convex; dorsal face of propodeum lower than mesonotum in lateral view.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFDC5FE531E81B0E6" box="[514,716,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Color and pilosity</emphasis>
: body orange-yellow; legs and gaster sometimes slightly lighter, especially ventrally on gaster; scape and legs with abundant pubescence, pubescence sparse to absent across remainder of body; macrosetae distinctly abundant across entire body, with dark setal bases, giving specimens prickly appearance; anterior portion of propodeal dorsal face with fringe of nearly appressed, very short macrosetae (more or less in a line across dorsal face, pointing toward head).
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFF00FD8E1E4EB32A" bold="true" box="[199,515,584,611]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Other material examined:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B293CDCFFE3FF9CFDCBFD8F1F21B3CE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2351014994" collectingDate="2008-07-21" collectorName="J. S. LaPolla" country="Puerto Rico" elevation="300" location="El Verde Field Station" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" specimenCount="1">
<collectingCountry id="F3567611FFE3FF9CFDCBFD8F1E8AB32A" box="[524,711,585,611]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">PUERTO RICO</collectingCountry>
:
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, forest in vicinity of field station, N 18 19.295, W 065 49.190, elev.
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<elevation id="006CD1B2FFE3FF9CFE2BFDAA1E75B3CE" box="[492,568,620,647]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.00228" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" unit="ft" value="985.0">985 ft.</elevation>
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,
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,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE3FF9CFD25FDAB1F21B3CE" box="[738,876,621,647]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">J.S. LaPolla</collectorName>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFE3FF9CFF00FD571FB1B536" blockId="25.[151,1437,152,1151]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFF00FD571D5EB3E2" bold="true" box="[199,275,657,683]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Notes:</emphasis>
Along with
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFE5BFD541E4EB3E2" box="[412,515,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. myops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFDF0FD541E80B3E2" box="[567,717,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. zaminyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFD1DFD541F1EB3E2" box="[730,851,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. microps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is another West Indian species with reduced eye size (
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFE3FF9CFF58FD731C8FB386" box="[159,194,693,719]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">EL</collectionCode>
less than
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). While all species are light in coloration,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE3FF9CFCA2FD701F83B386" baseAuthorityName="Mann" baseAuthorityYear="1920" box="[869,974,694,719]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myops">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFCA2FD701F83B386" box="[869,974,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. myops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFBC2FD7018D6B386" box="[1029,1179,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. zaminyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are much paler and do not possess nearly as many macrosetae on the scapes and mesosomal dorsum. Among West Indian
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE3FF9CFB31FD1F1939B3BA" authorityName=": LaPolla, Brady &amp; Shattuck" authorityYear="2010" box="[1270,1396,729,755]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFB31FD1F1939B3BA" box="[1270,1396,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Nylanderia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE3FF9CFA44FD1C1CBDB25E" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="microps">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFA44FD1C1CBDB25E" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. microps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unusually setose. The presence of very short, nearly appressed macrosetae along the anterior portion of the propodeal dorsal face is unusual as well. A similar character state has been observed in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE3FF9CFB4FFCE71C96B216" authority="(Forel, 1897)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mixta">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFB4FFCE71907B272" box="[1160,1354,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Nylanderia mixta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B70FFE3FF9CFA9EFCE71C9EB216" author="Forel, A." pageId="25" pageNumber="426" refId="ref29938" refString="Forel, A. (1897) Ameisen aus Nossi-Be, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang uber die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen und von Herrn Perrot auf Ste. Marie (Madagaskar) gesammelten Ameisen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21,185 - 208." type="book" year="1897">Forel, 1897</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, a species endemic to the
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in the southwest Indian Ocean (LaPolla and Fisher, in prep). It seems reasonable to assume this species is nocturnal given its small eyes and light coloration. One of us (
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) collected several colonies of
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE3FF9CFEA8FC481DA5B2EE" box="[367,488,910,935]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="microps">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFEA8FC481DA5B2EE" box="[367,488,910,935]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. microps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
around El Verde Field Station, and workers were never observed foraging during the day. Colonies were interestingly found in trees, usually about 12 meters off the ground. They were found to nest in rotten pieces of wood and under bark where soil and leaves had accumulated in a groove or flat part of a tree branch. Hundreds of workers were found in the colonies, but unfortunately males were never collected. Interestingly, this species occurs in sympatry with
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE3FF9CFDCCFBD81EE0B57E" baseAuthorityName="Smith &amp; Lavigne" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[523,685,1054,1079]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zatania" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cisipa">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFDCCFBD81EE0B57E" box="[523,685,1054,1079]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Zatania cisipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the El Yunque National Forest, which also nests in trees and is nocturnal (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B70FFE3FF9CFED6FB871DBEB512" author="LaPolla, J. S. &amp; Kallal, R. J. &amp; Brady, S. G." box="[273,499,1089,1115]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" pagination="200 - 214" refId="ref30455" refString="LaPolla, J. S., Kallal, R. J. &amp; Brady, S. G. (2012) A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems. Systematic Entomology, 37, 200 - 214." type="journal article" year="2012">
LaPolla
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFEB4FB841DEBB512" box="[371,422,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">et al</emphasis>
. 2012
</bibRefCitation>
). A molecular phylogeny of
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFCFEFB871FFAB512" box="[825,951,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">Nylanderia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
placed this species as sister species to the other Puerto Rican species described here,
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFDBFFBA01F41B536" box="[632,780,1126,1151]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">N. semitincta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B70FFE3FF9CFCDCFBA31FBDB536" author="Gotzek, D. &amp; Brady, S. G. &amp; Kallal, R. J." box="[795,1008,1125,1151]" pageId="25" pageNumber="426" pagination="45314" refId="ref30082" refString="Gotzek, D., Brady, S. G., Kallal, R. J. &amp; LaPolla. J. S. (2012) The importance of using multiple approaches for identifying emerging invasive species: the case of the Rasberry Crazy Ant in the United States. PLoS One, 7 (9), e 45314." type="journal article" year="2012">
Gotzek
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE3FF9CFCB3FBA01FEBB536" box="[884,934,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="426">et al</emphasis>
. 2012
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
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