Lasius teranishii

Lasius teranishii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius orientalis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Lasius
Species:	Lasius teranishii; Wheeler, W.M., 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

teranishii. Lasius (Chthonolasius) teranishii Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 120 (q.) JAPAN. Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1968: 399 (w.m.). Combination in L. (Dendrolasius): Wilson, 1955a: 146. Senior synonym of ouchii: Wilson, 1955a: 146. Junior synonym of orientalis: Radchenko, 2005a: 87. See also: Yamauchi, 1979: 174; Kupyanskaya, 1989: 786.

Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1989. Ants of the subgenus Dendrolasius Ruzsky, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, genus Lisius [sic] Fabricius, 1804) of the Far Eastern USSR. Entomol. Obozr. 68: 779-789 (page 786, see also)
Wheeler, W. M. 1928d. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 22: 96-125 (page 120, queen described)
Wilson, E. O. 1955a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 1-201 (page 146, Combination in L. (Dendrolasius), and senior synonym of ouchii)
Yamauchi, K. 1979 [1978]. Taxonomical and ecological studies on the ant genus Lasius in Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). I. Taxonomy. Sci. Rep. Fac. Educ. Gifu Univ. (Nat. Sci.) 6: 147-181 (page 174, see also)
Yamauchi, K.; Hayashida, K. 1968. Taxonomic studies on the genus Lasius in Hokkaido, with ethological and ecological notes (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). I. The subgenus Dendrolasius or Jet Black Ants. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI. Zool. 16: 396-412 (page 399, worker, male described)