Nylanderia pubens

{{short description|Species of ant}}

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| name = Nylanderia pubens

| image = Paratrechina pubens casent0104862 profile 1.jpg

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| taxon = Nylanderia pubens

| authority = (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 from Saint Vincent, Lesser Antilles. This species was moved from Paratrechina to the genus Nylanderia in 2010.LaPolla JS, Brady SG, Shattuck SO. (2010). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology 35 (1): 118-131.

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,{{Cite journal | last1 = Gotzek | first1 = D. | last2 = Brady | first2 = S. N. G. | last3 = Kallal | first3 = R. J. | last4 = Lapolla | first4 = J. S. | editor1-last = Moreau | editor1-first = Corrie S | title = The Importance of Using Multiple Approaches for Identifying Emerging Invasive Species: The Case of the Rasberry Crazy Ant in the United States | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0045314 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 9 | pages = e45314 | year = 2012 | pmid = 23056657| pmc = 3462614| bibcode = 2012PLoSO...745314G | doi-access = free }} is ongoing in and around Houston, Texas.[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/texas_ants;_ylt=Amuuu3dPi58OpMzGIOMc2Kys0NUE Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics], retrieved 15 May 2008