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Lasius alienoniger
| Lasius alienoniger | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Lasius |
| Species: | L. alienoniger |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasius alienoniger Forel, 1874 | |
This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain. The short description of Forel is contradictory. The name should refer to either Lasius alienus, Lasius psammophilus, Lasius paralienus or setae-reduced specimens of Lasius niger (Seifert, 2020; Boudinot et al., 2022).
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- alienoniger. Lasius niger var. alienoniger Forel, 1874: 47 (w.q.) SWITZERLAND. Subspecies of niger: Finzi, 1924a: 14; Stärcke, 1944a: 154. Raised to species: Röszler, 1943: 44. Junior synonym of niger: Wilson, 1955a: 59; Kutter, 1977c: 14. Unrecognisable taxon, incertae sedis in Lasius: Seifert, 1992b: 48.
Description
References
- Boudinot, B.E., Borowiec, M.L., Prebus, M.M. 2022. Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47, 113-151 (doi:10.1111/syen.12522).
- Seifert, B. 2020. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the subgenus Lasius s.str. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Soil Organisms 92(1): 15-86 (doi:10.25674/so92iss1pp15).