Tribe Lasiini Ashmead 1905

= Acanthomyopsini Donisthorpe 1943 = Prenolepidii Forel 1912 syn. n.

Genera: Cladomyrma, Euprenolepis (tribal transfer), † Glaphyromyrmex, Lasius, Myrmecocystus, Nylanderia (tribal transfer), Paraparatrechina (tribal transfer), Paratrechina (tribal transfer), Prenolepis (tribal transfer), Pseudolasius (tribal transfer), Zatania (tribal transfer).

Comments. Apart from retention of Cladomyrma, Lasius and Myrmecocystus, the composition of this tribe is greatly changed. It is now comprised of those three genera and a cluster of taxa known as the Prenolepis genus group. Lasius and Myrmecocystus are each other’s closest relatives, and in turn they are the sister group of the Prenolepis genus group. The latter has been the subject of recent phylogenetic and taxonomic studies by LaPolla and colleagues (e.g., LaPolla et al. 2010, 2012).