Species Nylanderia vividula

Classification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Formicinae

Tribe Plagiolepidini

Genus Nylanderia (Crazy ants)

Species vividula (Nylanderia vividula)

Range

native to se. US and ne. Mexico, introduced in agricultural habitats in AZ-CA (common in urban so. CA) and in Europe/Mediterranean (J. Trager, pers. comm.)

Habitat

common in yards/parks, agricultural lands (J. Trager's comment)

Remarks

The fact that this species was first described from specimens collected in a greenhouse in Finland (and is widely distributed as an introduced species around the Mediterranean) lead authors to suggest its Palaearctic origin; however, N. vividula is closest to the undisputedly Nearctic N. terricola and is not closely related to any Old World spp. (J. Trager, pers. comm.)

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Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 12 March, 2010 - 5:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2011 - 9:12am

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