Lasiini

The tribe Lasiini belongs to the subfamily Formicinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Lasiini genera, for species see Lasiini species.

Synopsis
Tribe LASIINI Lasiini Ashmead, 1905b: 384. Type-genus: Lasius. Taxonomic history Lasiini as junior synonym of Formicini: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 698; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 651; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 258; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18. Lasiini as tribe of Formicinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 384; Emery, 1925b: 212; Karavaiev, 1936: 192; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Jaffe 1993: 12; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 2003: 21, 94 (diagnosis, synopsis).

Junior synonym of LASIINI

Acanthomyopsini Donisthorpe, 1943f: 618. Type-genus: Acanthomyops. Taxonomic history Acanthomyopsini as tribe of Formicinae: Donisthorpe, 1943f: 618; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 593; Donisthorpe, 1947d: 192; Donisthorpe, 1948d: 604; Donisthorpe, 1949c: 756; Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1063. Acanthomyopsini as junior synonym of Lasiini: Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 2003: 21, 94.

Genera (extant)  of Lasiini:  Acropyga, Anoplolepis, Cladomyrma, Lasiophanes, Lasius, Myrmecocystus, Prolasius, Stigmacros, Teratomyrmex. Genus (extinct) of Lasiini: *Glaphyromyrmex.

Tribe Lasiini references Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 940, 1037 (Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Emery, 1925b: 212 (diagnosis, genera key, catalogue); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18 (synoptic classification); Brandão, 1991: 393 (Neotropical synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1039 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 12 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003: 21, 94 (diagnosis, synopsis).