Lasius hirsutus

Known from the type series, collected from the southwestern flank of the western Himalayas (35.78°N, 72.03°E, 2700 m, Chitral, Madaglasht, Pakistan).

Identification
Seifert (2020) - There is no species known which appears to be closely related to L. hirsutus.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Nomenclature

 *  hirsutus. Lasius (Lasius) hirsutus Seifert, 1992b: 41, fig. 31 (w.) PAKISTAN.

Worker
Seifert (2020) - Among the Himalayan-Tibetan species it is easily identified as a combination of very long scape (SL/CS900 1.022), extremely long gular pilosity (GuHL/CS900 0.154), and very high seta counts on genae (nGen900 19.9), underside of head (nGu900 19.2) and hind tibiae (nHT900 31.2). Coloration: Dorsum of head blackish brown; genae and clypeus medium brown; mandibles and head capsule at mandibular angles yellowish; mesosoma, femora and tibiae medium brown; tibio-femoral and tibio-metatarsal joints and antennae yellowish.

See table 9 in Seifert 2020 for additional morphometrics. The abbreviated names of various quantitative data shown above are defined here: Seifert 2020 Lasius characters.

Type Material
Seifert (2020) - Holotype plus 5 paratype workers labelled ”PAKISTAN: Chitral, Madaglasht 2700 m, 26. V. 1983 27b, Besuchet – Löbl“, depository:.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
 * Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.
 * Seifert B. 1992. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the ant subgenus Lasius s.str. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 66(5): 1-67.