Lasius przewalskii

Lasius przewalskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Lasius
Section:	flavus clade
Species group:	umbratus
Species:	L. przewalskii
Binomial name
Lasius przewalskii Ruzsky, 1915

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Tibet (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: Mongolia.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• przewalskii. Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus subsp. przewalskii Ruzsky, 1915a: 434 (w.) TIBET. Junior synonym of umbratus: Wilson, 1955a: 151. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Pisarski & Krzysztofiak, 1981: 161.

References

• Pisarski, B.; Krzysztofiak, L. 1981. Myrmicidae und Formicidae (Hymenoptera) aus der Mongolei, II. Folia Entomol. Hung. 42: 155-166 (page 161, Revived from synonymy, and raised to species)
• Ruzsky, M. 1915a. On the ants of Tibet and the southern Gobi. On material collected on the expedition of Colonel P. K. Kozlov. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 20: 418-444 (page 434, worker described)
• Wilson, E. O. 1955a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 1-201 (page 151, Junior synonym of umbratus)