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Nylanderia
Nylanderia is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution with species inhabiting a wide array of habitats in almost all geographic regions. Nylanderia, currently containing over 110 species, is an ecologically important genus, with some species reported as being invasive. The ants are small to medium in size and range in color from pale yellow to black.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Yellow-footed Ant
speciesNylanderia flavipes
Jägerskiöld's crazy ant
speciesNylanderia jaegerskioeldi
Robust Crazy ant
speciesNylanderia bourbonica
Woodland Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia faisonensis
Ghostly Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia phantasma
Tawny Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia fulva
Field Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia vividula
West Indian Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia steinheili
Nylanderia terricola
speciesNylanderia terricola
Northern Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia parvula
Nylanderia amia
speciesNylanderia amia
Nylanderia vaga
speciesNylanderia vaga
Nylanderia emmae
speciesNylanderia emmae
Pine Woods Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia wojciki
Sand-loving Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia arenivaga
Nylanderia bruesii
speciesNylanderia bruesii
Natal Crazy ant
speciesNylanderia natalensis
Nylanderia yaeyamensis
speciesNylanderia yaeyamensis
Nylanderia yerburyi
speciesNylanderia yerburyi
Nylanderia ryukyuensis
speciesNylanderia ryukyuensis
Nylanderia taylori
speciesNylanderia taylori
Nylanderia integera
speciesNylanderia integera
Nylanderia obscura
speciesNylanderia obscura
Nylanderia caeciliae
speciesNylanderia caeciliae
Nylanderia yambaru
speciesNylanderia yambaru
Acorn Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia querna
Nylanderia austroccidua
speciesNylanderia austroccidua
Marsh Crazy Ant
speciesNylanderia concinna
Nylanderia nubatama
speciesNylanderia nubatama
Nylanderia tasmaniensis
speciesNylanderia tasmaniensis
Nylanderia trageri
speciesNylanderia trageri
Nylanderia amblyops
speciesNylanderia amblyops
Nylanderia ogasawarensis
speciesNylanderia ogasawarensis
Nylanderia glabrior
speciesNylanderia glabrior
Nylanderia kraepelini
speciesNylanderia kraepelini
Nylanderia guanyin
speciesNylanderia guanyin
Nylanderia semitincta
speciesNylanderia semitincta
Nylanderia otome
speciesNylanderia otome
Nylanderia sharpii
speciesNylanderia sharpii
Nylanderia pubens
speciesNylanderia pubens
Nylanderia indica
speciesNylanderia indica
Nylanderia birmana
speciesNylanderia birmana
Nylanderia smythiesii
speciesNylanderia smythiesii
Nylanderia disatra
speciesNylanderia disatra
Nylanderia opisopthalmia
speciesNylanderia opisopthalmia
Nylanderia microps
speciesNylanderia microps
Nylanderia hystrix
speciesNylanderia hystrix
Nylanderia consuta
speciesNylanderia consuta
Nylanderia braueri
speciesNylanderia braueri
Nylanderia sindbadi
speciesNylanderia sindbadi
Nylanderia pearsei
speciesNylanderia pearsei
Nylanderia mexicana
speciesNylanderia mexicana
Nylanderia boltoni
speciesNylanderia boltoni
Nylanderia lietzi
speciesNylanderia lietzi
Nylanderia acuminata
speciesNylanderia acuminata
Nylanderia deceptrix
speciesNylanderia deceptrix
Nylanderia brevisetula
speciesNylanderia brevisetula
Nylanderia impolita
speciesNylanderia impolita
Nylanderia luteafra
speciesNylanderia luteafra
Nylanderia scintilla
speciesNylanderia scintilla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 69405.