Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
(an ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTemnothorax nylanderi (an ant)
GenusTemnothorax (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyMYRMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Temnothorax nylanderi (an ant) :
1: Temnothorax nylanderi (an ant)
20 May 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
worker, swept off Bracken
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - magnified - silver background
2: Temnothorax nylanderi (an ant)
11 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - alitrunk - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Worker - alitrunk - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Worker - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Worker - pedicel - dorso-lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Worker - pedicel - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Seiffert, B. 1995 Two new Central European subspecies of Leptothorax nylanderi (Forster, 1850) and Leptothorax sordidulus Muller, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Vol 68(7): 1-18.

Temnothorax nylanderi (an ant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Temnothorax nylanderi (an ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Temnothorax nylanderi (an ant)
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