Nylanderia pubens is a species of ant

Ant

Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...

 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.

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.

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