Lasius claviger (Roger, 1862)

Boudinot, Brendon E., Borowiec, Marek L. & Prebus, Matthew M., 2022, Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Systematic Entomology 47, pp. 113-151 : 138

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/syen.12522

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14047312

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987A9-436B-FF9B-FF46-F94DFA8DD9DD

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Tatiana

scientific name

Lasius claviger
status

 

3. Species group of claviger (= Acanthomyops )

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Constituent species (16): arizonicus Wheeler [e], bureni (Wing) [e], californicus [e], claviger * (Roger) [e], colei (Wing) [e], coloradensis Wheeler [e], creightoni (Wing) [e], interjectus [e], latipes [e], mexicanus Wheeler [e], murphyi Forel [e], occidentalis Wheeler [], plumopilosus Buren [e], pogonogynus Buren [e], pubescens Buren [e], subglaber Emery [e].

Distribution: Nearctic.

Identification: Unique among Lasius in having reduced palpomere counts, ranging from 3,4, 4,4, to 5,4. Offset basal mandibular teeth are present (variable among flavus clade groups). Eyes smaller than those of L. pallitarsis . Scapes and mesosoma, not elongate as in L. atopus . See Wing (1968a) for species-level identification.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Lasius

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