Lasius latipes (Walsh, 1863)

Aguilar-Mendez, Mario J., Rosas-Mejia, Madai, Vasquez-Bolanos, Miguel, Gonzalez-Hernandez, Gloria Angelica & Janda, Milan, 2021, New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 60630-60630 : 60630

Lasius latipes (Walsh, 1863)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: adult; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Lasius ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Walsh, 1863); Location : country: Mexico; stateProvince: Guanajuato; locality: Rancho del Coporo ; verbatimElevation: 2462; decimalLatitude: 21.438212; decimalLongitude: -101.406007; Identification: identifiedBy: Aguilar-Méndez M.J.; Rosas-Mejía M.; Vásquez-Bolaños M.; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand collecting; year: 2017; month: 10; day: 12; habitat: oak forest Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: adult; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Lasius ; scientificNameAuthorship: Walsh (1863); Location : country: Mexico; stateProvince: Queretaro; locality: Jalpan de la Sierra ; verbatimElevation: 2575; decimalLatitude: 21.119768; decimalLongitude: -99.659891; Identification: identifiedBy: Aguilar-Méndez M.J.; Rosas-Mejía M.; Vásquez-Bolaños M.; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand collecting; year: 2017; month: 10; day: 23; habitat: induced grassland

Distribution

Lasius latipes (Walsh, 1863) were found in an oak forest near El Coporo, Guanajuato at 15.30C of amt and 46.2 mm/cm2 of amp and in an induced grassland in Jalpan de la Sierra, Queretaro at 18.3 ºC of amt and 45.5 mm/cm2 of amp. Lasius latipes has been recorded in several States of Canada and U.S. ( Guénard et al. 2017). In Mexico, this species was previously recorded only for Tamaulipas, Sonora and Tlaxcala States.

Biology

Colonies of L. latipes are strictly underground most of their lifetime. Nests are often found in sandy areas, open grassy areas, in the borders or clearings of woods of scrub oak, pine and cedar at 2200 m a.s.l. ( Wing 1968)