Lasius ponderosae

Lasius ponderosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Lasius
Species:	L. ponderosae
Binomial name
Lasius ponderosae Schär, Talavera, Rana, Espadaler, Cover, Shattuck & Vila, 2022

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: Canada, United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Worker

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Queen

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Male

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Nomenclature

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

• ponderosae. Lasius ponderosae Schär, Talavera, Rana, et al., 2022: 3, fig. 3a-i (w.) U.S.A. (Utah, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington), Canada (Alberta), Mexico (Baja California).

Description

Measurements

Measurements	Head Length	Head Width	Scape Length	Eye Length	Eye Width	Pronotal Width	Mesosomal Length	Hind Tibial Length	Cephalic Index	Scape Index
Holotype	0.899	0.823	0.821	0.239	0.189	0.56	1.069	0.863	92	100
Worker	0.864	0.823	0.802	0.234	0.182	0.553	1.018	0.82	95	97
Worker	0.812	0.758	0.768	0.211	0.173	0.522	0.946	0.996	93	101
Worker	0.848	0.797	0.782	0.227	0.194	0.538	1.028	0.848	94	98
Worker	0.857	0.798	0.781	0.221	0.169	0.53	0.974	0.817	93	98
Worker	0.826	0.764	0.781	0.219	0.167	0.52	0.971	0.798	92	102
Queen	1.446	1.592	1.207	0.415	0.3	2.051	2.804	1.667	110	76
Queen	1.42	1.524	1.197	0.394	0.3	1.933	2.83	1.647	107	79
Male	0.659	0.698	0.506	0.28	0.21	0.821	1.313	0.918	106	72
Male	0.673	0.766	0.519	0.294	0.229	0.871	1.45	0.997	114	68

References

• Schär, S., Talavera, G., Rana, J.D., Espadaler, X., Cover, S.P., Shattuck, S.O., Vila, R. 2022. Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in North American Lasius ants, and an overlooked introduced species. Scientific Reports 12: 5970: 1-12 (doi:10.1038/s41598-022-10047-9).