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Nylanderia

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Prenolepis (Nylanderia) was named by Emery (1906). It is extant.

It was reranked as Nylanderia by Bolton (2012), Ward et al. (2016), Boudinot et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Prenolepis by Emery (1906); to Plagiolepidini by Bolton (2012); and to Lasiini by Ward et al. (2016), Boudinot et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Prenolepis (Nylanderia) Emery p. 134
2012Nylanderia Bolton
2016Nylanderia Ward et al. p. 347
2022Nylanderia Boudinot et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Doryloformicia
—Formicia
—Formicomyrmida
—Formicomorpha
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeLasiini
genusNylanderia()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Nylanderia Emery 1906
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†Nylanderia pygmaea Mayr 1868
†Nylanderia vetula LaPolla and Dlussky 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) N. pygmaea (110735 122591 123766 124003) Prenolepis pygmaea (123927 124073 124205 138661)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland N. pygmaea (120813) Prenolepis pygmaea (109625 120811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) N. pygmaea (129227 129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine N. pygmaea (122996 122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark N. pygmaea (123762)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic N. vetula (122982)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82China (Fujian) N. sp. (220273)