| Nylanderia pubens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Nylanderia |
| Species: | pubens |
| Binomial name | |
| Nylanderia pubens ((Forel), 1893) |
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Nylanderia pubens is a species of ant of the genus Nylanderia, commonly called the Caribbean crazy ant. It was originally described as Paratrechina pubens Forel from St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. This species was moved from Paratrechina to the genus Nylanderia in 2010.[1]
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 provisionally named Nylanderia sp. nr. pubens, is ongoing in and around Houston, Texas.[2]