Lasius parvula

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Lasius parvula
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius claviger)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: Lasius parvula
Smith, M.R., 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • parvula. Lasius (Acanthomyops) parvula Smith, M.R. 1934b: 213 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in Acanthomyops: Creighton, 1950a: 432; in Lasius: Ward, 2005: 13. Junior synonym of claviger: Wing, 1968: 67.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 53, catalogue)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 432, Combination in Acanthomyops)
  • Smith, M. R. 1934f. Two new North American ants. Psyche (Camb.) 41: 211-213.
  • Wing, M. W. 1968a. Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic genus Acanthomyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Stn. 405: 1-173 (page 67, Junior synonym of claviger)