Lasiophanes picinus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Chile, Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 *  picinus. Lasius picinus Roger, 1863a: 163 (w.) CHILE. Quirán, 2008: 213 (m.). Combination in Melophorus (Lasiophanes): Emery, 1895i: 17; in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70. Senior synonym of bidens: Menozzi, 1935c: 323; of bruchi, edwardsi, sauberi: Kusnezov, 1952c: 92; of bruchi: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 107.
 * bidens. Melophorus (Lasiophanes) picinus var. bidens Emery, 1895i: 17 (w.q.m.) CHILE. Junior synonym of picinus: Menozzi, 1935c: 323.
 * sauberi. Melophorus sauberi Forel, 1903c: 266 (w.) CHILE. Forel, 1904g: 4 (q.m.). [Also described as new by Forel, 1904g: 4.] Combination in M. (Lasiophanes): Bruch, 1914: 230; in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70. Junior synonym of picinus: Kusnezov, 1952c: 92.
 * bruchi. Prenolepis bruchi Forel, 1915c: 361 (w.) ARGENTINA. Combination in Melophorus (Lasiophanes): Santschi, 1920d: 383; in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70. Junior synonym of picinus: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 107.
 * edwardsi. Acanthomyops (Donisthorpea) edwardsi Donisthorpe, 1933c: 535 (w.q.m.) ARGENTINA. Combination in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70; Donisthorpe, 1937a: 628. Junior synonym of picinus: Kusnezov, 1952c: 92.