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Tylolasius
| †Tylolasius Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | †Tylolasius Zhang, J., 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Tylolasius inflatus, now Lasius inflatus | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lasius.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †TYLOLASIUS [junior synonym of Lasius]
- †Tylolasius Zhang, J. 1989: 295. Type-species: †Tylolasius inflatus, by original designation.
- †Tylolasius junior synonym of Lasius: Hong, Wu & Ren, 2001: 348.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 131, Tylolasius incertae sedis in Formicinae)
- Hong, Y.; Wu, J.; Ren, D. 2001. Emendation of Heteromyrmex Zhang, 1989 and Tylolasius Zhang, 1989 (Hymenoptera, Formicoidae [Formicidae]) from the Miocene Shanwang Basin, Shandong Province, China. Geol. Rev. (Beijing) 47: 345-349 (page 348, Tylolasius junior synonym of Lasius)
- Hong, Y.; Wu, J.; Ren, D. 2001. Emendation of Heteromyrmex Zhang, 1989 and Tylolasius Zhang, 1989 (Hymenoptera, Formicoidae [Formicidae]) from the Miocene Shanwang Basin, Shandong Province, China. Geol. Rev. (Beijing) 47: 345-349 (page 348, junior synonym of Lasius)
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 295, Tylolasius as genus)