Lasius flavus claripennis
Lasius flavus claripennis | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius brevicornis) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Lasiini |
Genus: | Lasius |
Species: | Lasius flavus claripennis Wheeler, W.M., 1917 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lasius brevicornis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- claripennis. Lasius (Formicina) flavus subsp. claripennis Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 527 (w.q.m.) CANADA.
- Junior synonym of microps: Creighton, 1950a: 422.
- Junior synonym of brevicornis: Schar et al., 2018: 6.
References
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 422, Junior synonym of microps)
- Schar, S., Talavera, G., Espadaler, X., Rana, J.D., Andersen, A.A., Cover, S.P., Vila, R. 2018. Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae. Journal of Biogeography 2018:1–12 (doi:10.1111/jbi.13380).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 527, worker, queen, male described)