Lasius alienus pontica

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Lasius alienus pontica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius illyricus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: Lasius alienus pontica
Stärcke, 1944

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lasius illyricus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • pontica. Lasius alienus var. pontica Stärcke, 1944a: 157 (w.) GEORGIA (Abkhazia).
    • Junior synonym of alienus: Wilson, 1955a: 78; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1435; Arakelian, 1994: 117 (error).
    • Junior synonym of emarginatus: Seifert, 1992b: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Radchenko, 2016: 367.
    • Junior synonym of illyricus: Seifert, 2020: 71.

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