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<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FF50FBA31D8FB5C9" authority="Kallal, 2019" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,450,1125,1152]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscaspecula" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF50FBA31D8FB5C9" bold="true" box="[151,450,1125,1152]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Nylanderia fuscaspecula</emphasis>
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,
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<figureCitation id="137A2A04FFEBFF94FF50FB4F1D51B5EA" box="[151,284,1161,1187]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–33" captionStartId="18.[151,264,1247,1272]" captionTargetBox="[227,1361,181,1215]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[227,1361,179,1219]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 31–33. Nylanderia fuscaspecula worker USNMENT00754801. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3375952/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Figs. 31–33</figureCitation>
(worker)
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<typeStatus id="54FA8823FFEBFF94FF50FB171CB2B5A2" box="[151,255,1233,1259]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
worker,
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:
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Salto
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,
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,
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, elev.
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, under stones on coffee plantation,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFEBFF94FE08FB331E14B446" box="[463,601,1269,1295]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" value="2009-08-08">08.viii.2009</collectingDate>
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,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEBFF94FDA3FB331F41B446" box="[612,780,1269,1295]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">S.A. Schneider</collectorName>
(USNMENT00754801) (
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFEBFF94FBEDFB3318CBB446" box="[1066,1158,1269,1295]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" type="Museum">NMNH</collectionCode>
).
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and
<specimenCount id="9D47FD08FFEBFF94FF50FADF1D40B47A" box="[151,269,1305,1331]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" type="generic" typeStatus="paratype">2 paratype</specimenCount>
queens with same locality data as
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(specimens are from the same nest as
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) (
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFEBFF94FAE0FADF1933B47A" box="[1319,1406,1305,1331]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" type="Museum">NMNH</collectionCode>
&amp;
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFEBFF94FF50FAFB1CA1B41E" box="[151,236,1341,1367]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">MCZC</collectionCode>
).
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF00FAA71DEFB432" bold="true" box="[199,418,1376,1403]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
Very dark brown with smooth and shining cuticle contrasting with yellow meso/metacoxae, trochanters and leg joints; pubescence sparse to absent across body.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEBFF94FF00FA6E1F3FB48A" blockId="17.[151,1437,1232,1943]" box="[199,882,1448,1475]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF00FA6E1D31B48A" bold="true" box="[199,380,1448,1475]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Compare with:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FE44FA6C1DB7B48A" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[387,506,1449,1475]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bibadia">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FE44FA6C1DB7B48A" box="[387,506,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. bibadia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FDC0FA6C1F5AB48A" box="[519,791,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FDC0FA6C1ECDB48A" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[519,640,1449,1475]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerula">N. caerula</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FD4CFA6C1F5AB48A" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[651,791,1450,1475]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metacista">N. metacista</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FCE2FA6C1F3FB48A" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[805,882,1450,1475]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pini">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FCE2FA6C1F3FB48A" box="[805,882,1450,1475]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEBFF94FF00FA0B1D1EB766" blockId="17.[151,1437,1232,1943]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
WORKER.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FE96FA081E70B4AE" box="[337,573,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Measurements (n=8)</emphasis>
: TL: 1.90–2.30; HW: 0.50–0.54; HL: 0.58–0.61; EL: 0.14–0.15; SL: 0.68– 0.73; WL: 0.70–0.78; GL: 0.56–1.0. SMC: 18–24 PMC: 2–4; MMC: 2.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FC06FA371856B742" box="[961,1051,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Indices:</emphasis>
CI: 84–88; REL: 23–26; SI: 135– 142; SI2: 19–21.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEBFF94FF00F9FF1D02B6DE" blockId="17.[151,1437,1232,1943]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF00F9FF1D49B71A" box="[199,260,1593,1619]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Head</emphasis>
: sides of head in full face view nearly parallel; posterolateral corners rounded; posterior margin rounded; anterior clypeal margin emarginate; ocelli absent; eyes well-developed.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FC05F9981877B73E" box="[962,1082,1630,1655]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: in lateral view, pronotum subangular; 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 and mesonotum approximately the same height in lateral view.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FD77F90F1F32B7AA" box="[688,895,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Color and pilosity</emphasis>
: body very dark brown to black; mandible and antenna lighter brown; apical segments of funiculus yellow; scape with brownish yellow end and dark brown middle portion; trochanters, tarsi, and leg articulations yellowish-brown; femora and tibiae lighter on ends with dark brown middle portions giving legs mottled appearance; pubescence sparse to absent on head (if present than densest under eyes and along posterolateral corners), mesosoma and gaster; some specimens with fringe of pubescence on propodeal dorsal face.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFE8FF97FF50FB191920B5B1" blockId="18.[151,1389,1247,1272]" box="[151,1389,1247,1272]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FF50FB191D19B5B1" bold="true" box="[151,340,1247,1272]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">FIGURES 31–33.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE8FF97FE9DFB261E18B5B1" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[346,597,1248,1272]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscaspecula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FE9DFB261E18B5B1" box="[346,597,1248,1272]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Nylanderia fuscaspecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
worker USNMENT00754801. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFE8FF97FF00FAE01E32B4E5" blockId="18.[151,1437,1317,2029]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">
QUEEN.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FEF3FAE11E52B409" box="[308,543,1318,1344]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Measurements (n=2)</emphasis>
: TL: 3.20–3.30; HW: 0.78–0.80; HL: 0.75–0.77; EL: 0.23; SL: 0.80–0.85; WL: 1.30–1.40; GL: 1.70–1.90. SMC: 18 PMC: 3–5; MMC: 7–8; MtMC: 2–3.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FC26FA8C1876B42D" box="[993,1083,1354,1380]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Indices:</emphasis>
CI: 101–106; REL: 30–31; SI: 106–111. Generally, as in worker with modifications expected for caste and with the following noted difference: slightly lighter brown than seen in workers.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFE8FF97FF00FA731906B785" blockId="18.[151,1437,1317,2029]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FF00FA731DB2B499" bold="true" box="[199,511,1461,1488]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Other material examined:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B293CDCFFE8FF97FDC0FA701831B4BC" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2351015000" collectingDate="2009-08-07" collectorName="S. A. Schneider &amp; Prov" country="Dominican Republic" elevation="1037" latitude="19.0674" location="Parque Nacional Armando Bermudez" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-70.86383" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" specimenCount="1">
<collectingCountry id="F3567611FFE8FF97FDC0FA701F73B499" box="[519,830,1462,1488]" name="Dominican Republic" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">DOMINICAN REPUBLIC</collectingCountry>
:
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,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE755046FFE8FF97FF50FA1C1D7BB4BD" box="[151,310,1497,1524]" degrees="70" direction="west" minutes="51.830" orientation="longitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" precision="1" value="-70.86383">70° 51.830’W</geoCoordinate>
, elev.
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, moss and soil under tree,
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,
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,
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1176
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SE Jarabacoa
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,
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,
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,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFE8FF97FC14F9831813B729" box="[979,1118,1605,1632]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" value="1995-07-31">31.VII.1995</collectingDate>
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,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FAA1F98019D1B729" box="[1382,1436,1606,1632]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Peck</collectorName>
95-51
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, PN.
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FE79F9AC1E19B7CD" box="[446,596,1642,1668]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">A. Bermudez</collectorName>
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<location id="8E9E605AFFE8FF97FD98F9AC1F5AB7CD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03E88797FFEBFF96FF50FBA31E37B056:8E9E605AFFE8FF97FD98F9AC1F5AB7CD" box="[607,791,1642,1669]" country="Dominican Republic" name="1 km W Cienaga" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" stateProvince="La Vega">
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W Cienaga
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,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFE8FF97FCE5F9AF1FE6B7CD" box="[802,939,1641,1668]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" value="1995-08-02">2.VIII-1995</collectingDate>
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, 1050 m, forest litter, S+
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FB78F9AC1946B7CD" box="[1215,1291,1642,1668]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">J Peck</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FAD1F9AC1901B7CD" box="[1302,1356,1642,1668]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Peck</collectorName>
95-53
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;
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<collectingRegion id="4985F863FFE8FF97FF50F9491D76B7E0" box="[151,315,1679,1705]" country="Dominican Republic" name="La Vega" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">La Vega Prov.</collectingRegion>
, PN.
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FEB4F9481E46B7E1" box="[371,523,1678,1704]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">A. Bermudez</collectorName>
,
<location id="8E9E605AFFE8FF97FDDFF9481EAEB7E1" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03E88797FFEBFF96FF50FBA31E37B056:8E9E605AFFE8FF97FDDFF9481EAEB7E1" box="[536,739,1678,1704]" country="Dominican Republic" name="2 km SW Cienaga" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" stateProvince="La Vega">
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SW Cienaga
</location>
,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFE8FF97FD28F94B1F34B7E1" box="[751,889,1677,1704]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" value="1995-08-02">2.VIII-1995</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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<elevation id="006CD1B2FFE8FF97FC42F9481F90B7E0" box="[901,989,1678,1705]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" unit="m" value="1100.0">1100 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, forest litter, S+
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FB53F94818ACB7E1" box="[1172,1249,1678,1704]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">J Peck</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FB29F9481969B7E1" box="[1262,1316,1678,1704]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Peck</collectorName>
95-52
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;
<materialsCitation id="3B293CDCFFE8FF97FAB8F949190AB785" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2351015015" collectingDate="1995-07-21" collectorName="A. Bermudez &amp; J Peck &amp; Peck" country="Dominican Republic" location="Cienaga" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="La Vega">
<collectingRegion id="4985F863FFE8FF97FAB8F9491D59B784" country="Dominican Republic" name="La Vega" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">La Vega Prov.</collectingRegion>
, PN.
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FE8CF9741DACB785" box="[331,481,1714,1740]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">A. Bermudez</collectorName>
,
<location id="8E9E605AFFE8FF97FE2BF9741E06B785" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03E88797FFEBFF96FF50FBA31E37B056:8E9E605AFFE8FF97FE2BF9741E06B785" box="[492,587,1714,1740]" country="Dominican Republic" name="Cienaga" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" stateProvince="La Vega">Cienaga</location>
,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFE8FF97FD91F9771EAEB785" box="[598,739,1713,1740]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" value="1995-07-21">21.VII-1995</collectingDate>
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, 1050 m, evergreen forest litter, S+
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FBA9F97418F7B785" box="[1134,1210,1714,1740]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">J Peck</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFE8FF97FB02F97418B6B785" box="[1221,1275,1714,1740]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Peck</collectorName>
95-44
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.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FF00F9101D1FB7B9" bold="true" box="[199,338,1750,1776]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Etymology:</emphasis>
Species epithet is a combination of
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FD2BF9101F1BB7B9" box="[748,854,1750,1776]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">speculum</emphasis>
(L. = mirror) and
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FBE0F9101820B7B9" box="[1063,1133,1750,1776]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">fuscus</emphasis>
(L. = dark), named for the reflective properties of the cuticle.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FF00F8D81D5EB671" bold="true" box="[199,275,1822,1848]" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Notes:</emphasis>
Workers of this species are generally shiny and largely free of pubescence, but there are several species that can be confused with
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FE03F8851E3AB615" box="[452,631,1858,1884]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">N. fuscaspecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FD41F8841FD3B615" box="[646,926,1858,1884]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Nylanderia fuscaspecula</emphasis>
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can be separated from
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FB6DF88518B5B615" box="[1194,1272,1859,1884]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">N. pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by possessing a shorter head length (
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE8FF97FE50F8A11D8EB6C9" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[407,451,1895,1920]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pini">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FE50F8A11D8EB6C9" box="[407,451,1895,1920]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
range: 0.64–0.73) and scape length (
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FCADF8A11FDBB6C9" box="[874,918,1895,1920]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
range: 0.82–0.86). Additionally, the posterior margin of the first gastral tergite in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE8FF97FDFCF84D1EC6B6ED" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[571,651,1931,1956]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pini">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FDFCF84D1EC6B6ED" box="[571,651,1931,1956]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">N. pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses abundant pubescence and a distinct fringe of pubescence is typically present along the dorsal face of the propodeum.
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE8FF97FC91F8681822B681" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[854,1135,1966,1992]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscaspecula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FC91F8681822B681" box="[854,1135,1966,1992]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">Nylanderia fuscaspecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FA44F8691D4FB6A5" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">N. metacista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because the first gastral tergite of
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE8FF97FD45F8151F40B6A5" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[642,781,2003,2028]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metacista">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF97FD45F8151F40B6A5" box="[642,781,2003,2028]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">N. metacista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is covered entirely in a dense pubescence.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE8FF96FB29F8141D4AB1FA" italics="true" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="420" pageId="18" pageNumber="419">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE8FF97FB29F8141921B6A5" authorityName=": LaPolla, Brady &amp; Shattuck" authorityYear="2010" box="[1262,1388,2002,2028]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nylanderia</taxonomicName>
fus- caspecula
</emphasis>
can also be confused with
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE9FF96FDFDFF5C1EFFB1FA" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[570,690,153,179]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE9FF96FDFDFF5C1EFFB1FA" box="[570,690,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="420">N. caerula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. As does
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE9FF96FCE7FF5C1FD5B1FA" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[800,920,153,179]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE9FF96FCE7FF5C1FD5B1FA" box="[800,920,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="420">N. caerula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE9FF96FC61FF5C1815B1FA" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[934,1112,153,179]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscaspecula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE9FF96FC61FF5C1815B1FA" box="[934,1112,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="420">N. fuscaspecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can display blue iridescence on its mesosoma under light microscope examination, but the iridescence is not as intense as in most
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE9FF96FAD9FF7819DBB19E" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[1310,1430,189,215]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE9FF96FAD9FF7819DBB19E" box="[1310,1430,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="420">N. caerula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Additionally,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE9FF96FEF7FF271E0BB1B2" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[304,582,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscaspecula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE9FF96FEF7FF271E0BB1B2" box="[304,582,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="420">Nylanderia fuscaspecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has no pubescence on the gastral tergites, unlike
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE9FF96FBADFF2418ADB1B2" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[1130,1248,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE9FF96FBADFF2418ADB1B2" box="[1130,1248,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="420">N. caerula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which possesses dense pubescence on gastral tergites I &amp; II.
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