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2019
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- <p><b><i>Nylanderia wardi</i>, sp. nov.</b></p><p>Figs.97–99 (worker)</p><p>Holotype worker, CUBA: Holguin, 6 km S Yamanigüey, 20° 33’ N, 74° 44’W, 25 m, 23.viii.2001, P.S. Ward #14437- 23 (NMNH); 2 paratype workers same locality data as holotype (specimens are from the same nest as holotype); 3 paratype workers same locality data as holotype but different collecting code (P.S. Ward #14436) (NMNH & MCZC).</p><p><b>Worker diagnosis:</b> Larger brown to light brown species (HL: 0.6–0.72); SMC typically greater than 30 (measured range: 26–38); head in full-face view distinctly ovate with rounded posterolateral corners.</p><p><b>Compare with:</b> <i>N. sierra</i>, <i>N. xestonota</i></p><p>WORKER. <i>Measurements (n=7)</i>: TL: 2.20–2.84; HW: 0.54–0.6; HL: 0.60–0.72; EL: 0.15–0.18; SL: 0.78–0.87; WL: 0.76–0.85; GL: 0.82–1.3; SMC: 26–38; PMC: 4–6; MMC: 3–4. <i>Indices:</i> CI: 83–90; REL: 24–25; SI: 141–152; SI2: 18–21.</p><p><i>Head</i>: Sides of head in full face view rounded and slightly convergent anteriad; posterolateral corners distinctly rounded; posterior margin straight; anterior clypeal margin emarginate; median ocellus present; eye well-developed. <i>Mesosoma</i>: in lateral view, pronotum convex; anterior margin of mesonotum raised slightly above posterior pronotal margin; metanotal area without short flat area before spiracle; dorsal face of propodeum slightly convex; dorsal face of propodeum lower than mesonotum in lateral view. <i>Color and pilosity</i>: color light brown to brownish-yellow; slightly darker dorsally; mesocoxae and metacoxae slightly lighter than the mesosoma; head generally without pubescence, except some sparse pubescence laterally and underneath eyes; mesosoma generally without pubescence, except some sparse pubescence on the mesonotum and a sparse fringe along dorsal face of propodeum; gastral tergites with abundant pubescence.</p><p><b>Other material examined:</b> CUBA: Santiago de Cuba: Parque Nacional Gran Piedra, near La Isabellica, 20.00700, -75.61900 +/- 150 m, 1115 m, 29 Jan 2012, R.S. Anderson # RSA 2012-013.</p><p><b>Etymology:</b> Named in honor of Philip S. Ward (University of California—Davis), who not only collected this species, but whose many superb contributions to myrmecology have greatly enriched the field.</p><p><b>Notes:</b> Workers of this species are very similar to <i>N. sierra</i>, but <i>N. wardi</i> is much larger and the declivity following the mesonotum to the metanotal area is distinctly longer in <i>N. wardi</i>. Additionally, <i>N. wardi</i> has much more scape macrosetae than <i>N. sierra</i>. There were individuals of <i>N. sierra</i> collected in sympatry with <i>N. wardi</i> and the morphological differences between the two species were maintained.</p>