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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) and 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) and 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
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 38.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) N. pygmaea (129227 129228)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland N. pygmaea (120813) Prenolepis pygmaea (109625 120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark N. pygmaea (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine N. pygmaea (122996 122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) N. pygmaea (110735 122591 123766 124003) Prenolepis pygmaea (123927 124073 124205 138661)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic N. vetula (122982)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) N. sp. (220273)