Lasius Fabricius

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 29

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scientific name	Lasius Fabricius
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These groundnesting ants also tend to prefer cooler habitats at middle to high elevations. Workers are generalized scavengers and often tend hemipterans. Species in the subgenera Acanthomyops and Chthonolasius are temporary social parasites on other Lasius species. Species of Acanthomyops were previously considered to represent a different genus, but are now known to be phylogenetically nested within Lasius (see above under “Taxonomic Changes”).

Species identification: keys in Wilson (1955a), Wing (1968) ( Acanthomyops ), and Mackay and Mackay (2002). Additional references: Agosti and Bolton (1990b), Cole (1956a, 1958a), Hasegawa (1998), Janda et al. (2004), MacKay (1998), Savolainen (2002), Seifert (1988a, 1992b), Umphrey and Danzmann (1998), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g).

References

Janda, M., Folkova, D. & Zrzavy, J. (2004) Phylogeny of Lasius ants based on mitochondrial DNA and morphology, and the evolution of social parasitism in the Lasiini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33, 595 - 614.

Agosti, D. & Bolton, B. (1990 b) New characters to differentiate the ant genera Lasius F. and Formica L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologist's Gazette, 41, 149 - 156.

Cole, A. C., Jr. (1956 a) Studies of Nevada ants. II. A new species of Lasius (Chthonolasius) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 31, 26 - 27.

Cole, A. C., Jr. (1958 a) A remarkable new species of Lasius (Chthonolasius) from California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 38, 75 - 77.

Hasegawa, E. (1998) Phylogeny and host-parasite relationships in social parasitism in Lasius ants. Entomological Science, 1, 133 - 135.

MacKay, W. P. (1998) A remarkable new species of Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the state of Colima, Mexico. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 74, 99 - 101.

Mackay, W. & Mackay, E. (2002) The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 400 pp.

Savolainen, R. (2002) Phylogenetic relationships of Lasius, and the evolution of parasitic colony founding. [Abstract.] In: XIV International Congress of IUSSI. The Golden Jubilee Proceedings. 27 July - 3 August 2002, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. XIV International Congress of IUSSI, Sapporo, p. 159.

Seifert, B. (1988 a) A revision of the European species of the ant subgenus Chthonolasius (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden, 51, 143 - 180.

Seifert, B. (1992 b) A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the ant subgenus Lasius s. str. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz, 66 (5), 1 - 67.

Umphrey, G. J. & Danzmann, R. G. (1998) Electrophoretic evidence for hybridization in the ant genus Acanthomyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 26, 431 - 440.

Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. (1986 g) The ants of Nevada. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, vii + 138 pp.

Wilson, E. O. (1955 a) A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 113, 1 - 201.

Wing, M. W. (1968 a) Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic genus Acanthomyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 405, 1 - 173.