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Species Nylanderia pubens - Caribbean Crazy Ant

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Lasiini
Genus Nylanderia (Crazy ants)
Species pubens (Caribbean Crazy Ant)
Other Common Names
Brown Crazy Ant, Hairy Crazy Ant
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Prenolepis fulva pubens Forel 1893
Syn: Paratrechina pubens (Forel)
Range
native to West Indies, adventive in our area (so. & c. FL; first record 1953)(1)
Map - as of 2004. L J. Warner, University of Florida
(the Rasberry Crazy Ant recently introduced to TX may turn out conspecific)
Remarks
Type Locality: St. Vincent, Antilles
See Also
Rasberry Crazy Ant - BugGuide
Internet References
Featured Creatures - John Warner and Rudolph H. Scheffrahn, 2010 - University of Florida
Works Cited
1.Exotic ants in Florida
Deyrup M., Davis L., Cover S. 2000. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 126: 293-326.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 20 June, 2010 - 10:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 June, 2012 - 8:07am

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