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Nylanderia pubens
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Ants, bees & wasps

Nylanderia pubens

Paratrechina pubens (Forel, 1893)

Names

EnglishNylanderia pubens
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongomira (general name for the group)
Scientific nameParatrechina pubens (Forel, 1893)

About this species

Nylanderia pubens is a species of ant of the genus Nylanderia, commonly called the Caribbean crazy ant. It was originally described as Paratrechina pubens from Saint Vincent, Lesser Antilles. This species was moved from Paratrechina to the genus Nylanderia in 2010.

These ants are about one-eighth inch long and are covered with reddish-brown hairs. The colonies have multiple queens. An infestation of this species, or a related species named

Nylanderia fulva, is ongoing in and around Houston, Texas.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae
GenusParatrechina

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
2017First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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