Pseudolasius emeryi Forel

For a list of taxa which share this name see Pseudolasius emeryi (disambiguation).

Pseudolasius emeryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Pseudolasius
Species:	P. emeryi
Binomial name
Pseudolasius emeryi Forel, 1911

At a Glance

• Polygynous  • Diploid male

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China.

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

Diploid males are known to occur in this or a closely related species (reported as Pseudolasius sp. near emeryi) (found in 26% of 27 examined nests) (Hung et al., 1972; Cournault & Aron, 2009).

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  Liu, C. et al. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains, Figure 54, Pseudolasius emeryi.

Nomenclature

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

• emeryi. Pseudolasius emeryi Forel, 1911g: 286 (w.) MYANMAR. Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 33 (s.w.q.m.).

References

• Hung, A. C. F.; Imai, H. T.; Kubota, M. 1972. The chromosomes of nine ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Taiwan, Republic of China. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 6 65: 1023-1025.
• Cournault, L., Aron, S. 2009. Diploid males, diploid sperm production, and triploid females in the ant Tapinoma erraticum. Naturwissenschaften 96: 1393–1400 (doi:10.1007/s00114-009-0590-1).
• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).