Lasius lawarai

Nothing is known about this species beyond the type collection. The type locality, Lawarai Pass (2700m) is in the Hindu Raj Mountains in northern Pakistan. It is unclear what vegetation/habitat was present where the types were collected. Proceeding up in elevation to the pass (3118m), there is likely a typical vegetative change from forest through different kinds of open habitat types. This area is undergoing rapid environmental change (see Haq et al. 2019).

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

Nomenclature

 * . Lasius (Lasius) lawarai Seifert, 1992b: 38, fig. 28 (w.) PAKISTAN.
 * Senior synonym of breviscapus: Seifert, 2020: 74.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 223; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 27; Seifert, 2020: 74.
 * breviscapus. Lasius (Lasius) breviscapus Seifert, 1992b: 24, fig. 17 (w.) INDIA (Himachal Pradesh).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 222; Bharti & Gul, 2013: 57 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 27.
 * Junior synonym of lawarai: Seifert, 2020: 74.

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.