Checklist of Lasius species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Lasius. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Lasius species.

A
alienoflavus Bingham, 1903 (India, Nepal)

alienus (Foerster, 1850) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States)

• Lasius alienus pannonica Röszler, 1942

• Lasius niger americanus Emery, 1893

arizonicus Wheeler, W.M., 1917 (United States)

atopus Cole, 1958 (United States)

austriacus Schlick-Steiner, 2003 (Austria, Czech Republic)

B
balcanicus Seifert, 1988 (Bulgaria, Slovenia, Turkey)

bicornis (Foerster, 1850) (Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, India, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain)

• Acanthomyops bicornis kashmirensis Donisthorpe, 1930

• Formica incisa Schenck, 1852

• Formicina microgyna Bondroit, 1918

• Lasius bicornis neapolitana Emery, 1922

• Lasius bicornis oertzeni Forel, 1910

breviscapus Seifert, 1992 (India)

brunneus (Latreille, 1798) (Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

• Acanthomyops brunneus nigrobrunneus Donisthorpe, 1926

• Formica pallida Latreille, 1798

• Formica timida Foerster, 1850

• Lasius niger alienobrunneus Forel, 1874

brunneus emarginatobrunneus Ruzsky, 1902 (Russian Federation)

buccatus Stärcke, 1942

bureni (Wing, 1968) (United States)

C
californicus Wheeler, W.M., 1917 (United States)

capitatus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927) (Japan, Russian Federation)

carniolicus Mayr, 1861 (Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain)

• Lasius carniolicus kusnezovi Karavaiev, 1929

cinereus Seifert, 1992 (France, Iberian Peninsula, Spain)

citrinus Emery, 1922 (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Georgia, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain)

• Formica affinis Schenck, 1852

claviger (Roger, 1862) (United States)

• Lasius parvula Smith, M.R., 1934

colei (Wing, 1968) (United States)

coloradensis Wheeler, W.M., 1917 (United States)

coloratus Santschi, 1937 (China, Taiwan)

creightoni (Wing, 1968) (United States)

crinitus (Smith, F., 1858) (India, Nepal)

• Acanthomyops hingstoni Donisthorpe, 1929

crypticus Wilson, 1955 (Mexico, United States)

D
distinguendus (Emery, 1916) (Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Georgia, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain)

• Formicina distinguenda hybrida Bondroit, 1918

• Formicina umbrata nuda Bondroit, 1917

draco Collingwood, 1982 (Bhutan, India)

E
elevatus Bharti & Gul, 2013 (India)

emarginatus (Olivier, 1792) (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

• Lasius alienus illyricus Zimmermann, 1935

• Lasius alienus pontica Stärcke, 1944

• Lasius emarginatus brunneoemarginatus Forel, 1874

• Lasius niger brunneoides Forel, 1874

• Lasius niger nigroemarginatus Forel, 1874

escamole Reza, 1925 (Mexico)

exulans Fabricius, 1804

F
fallax Wilson, 1955 (United States)

flavescens Forel, 1904 (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan)

flavoniger Seifert, 1992 (Turkey)

flavus (Fabricius, 1782) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States)

• Formicina flava morbosa Bondroit, 1918

• Lasius brevicornis Emery, 1893

• Lasius brevicornis microps Wheeler, W.M., 1917

• Lasius flavus claripennis Wheeler, W.M., 1917

• Lasius flavus fuscoides Ruzsky, 1902

• Lasius flavus odoratus Ruzsky, 1905

• Lasius flavus olivacea Karavaiev, 1926

• Lasius helvus Cook, 1953

• Lasius umbratus apennina Menozzi, 1925

• Lasius umbratus ibericus Santschi, 1925

fuji Radchenko, 2005 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Russian Federation)

fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

G
gebaueri Seifert, 1992 (China, Mongolia, Tibet)

grandis Forel, 1909 (Andorra, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain)

H
hayashi Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970 (China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Russian Federation)

hikosanus Yamauchi, 1979 (Japan)

himalayanus Bingham, 1903 (China, India)

hirsutus Seifert, 1992 (India, Pakistan)

humilis Wheeler, W.M., 1917 (United States)

I
interjectus Mayr, 1866 (United States)

J
japonicus Santschi, 1941 (China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan)

jensi Seifert, 1982 (Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Spain)

K
karpinisi Seifert, 1992 (Greece)

koreanus Seifert, 1992 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)

L
lasioides (Emery, 1869) (Balearic Islands, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

• Lasius alienus barbarus Santschi, 1931

• Lasius fumatus Emery, 1869

• Prenolepis fusculus Emery, 1869

latipes (Walsh, 1863) (United States)

lawarai Seifert, 1992 (India, Pakistan)

longiceps Seifert, 1988 (Russian Federation)

longicirrus Chang & He, 2002 (China)

M
magnus Seifert, 1992 (Bhutan, India)

meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920) (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, France, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

mexicanus Wheeler, W.M., 1914 (Mexico)

mikir Collingwood, 1982 (India)

minutus Emery, 1893 (Canada, United States)

mixtoumbratus Forel, 1874 (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

mixtus (Nylander, 1846) (Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

monticola (Buckley, 1866)

morisitai Yamauchi, 1979 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Russian Federation)

murphyi Forel, 1901 (United States)

myops Forel, 1894 (Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, France, Georgia, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine)

• Formicina flava flavomyops Emery, 1916

• Lasius flavus flavoides Emery, 1925

myrmidon Mei, 1998 (Greece)

N
nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906 (Canada, United States)

• Formica mellea Provancher, 1881

neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990 (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

neoniger Emery, 1893 (Mexico, United States)

nevadensis Cole, 1956 (United States)

niger (Linnaeus, 1758) (Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States)

• Acanthomyops niger minimus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928

• Acanthomyops niger nitidus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

• Formica nigerrima Christ, 1791

• Formica pallescens Schenck, 1852

• Lasius niger alienoniger Forel, 1874

• Lasius niger emeryi Ruzsky, 1905

• Lasius transylvanica Röszler, 1943

niger pinetorum Ruzsky, 1907 (Russian Federation)

nigrescens Stitz, 1930 (Russian Federation)

nipponensis Forel, 1912 (China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Russian Federation, Taiwan)

• Lasius crispus Wilson, 1955

nitidigaster Seifert, 1996 (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia)

O
obscuratus Stitz, 1930 (China, Georgia)

occidentalis Wheeler, W.M., 1909 (United States)

orientalis Karavaiev, 1912 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Russian Federation)

• Lasius ouchii Teranishi, 1940

• Lasius teranishii Wheeler, W.M., 1928

P
pallitarsis (Provancher, 1881) (Canada, Mexico, United States)

• Lasius niger sitkaensis Pergande, 1900

paralienus Seifert, 1992 (Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

piliferus Seifert, 1992 (Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain)

platythorax Seifert, 1991 (Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

plumopilosus Buren, 1941 (United States)

pogonogynus Buren, 1950 (United States)

productus Wilson, 1955 (China, Japan)

przewalskii Ruzsky, 1915 (Mongolia, Tibet)

psammophilus Seifert, 1992 (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

pubescens Buren, 1942 (United States)

R
rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917) (France, Georgia, Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Poland, Spain)

• Lasius tibialis Santschi, 1936

reginae Faber, 1967 (Austria, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Slovenia)

rubiginosa (Latreille, 1802)

ruficornis (Fabricius, 1804)

S
sabularum (Bondroit, 1918) (Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Iberian Peninsula, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

sakagamii Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970 (Japan)

schaeferi Seifert, 1992 (China, Tibet)

schulzi Seifert, 1992 (Turkey)

sitiens Wilson, 1955 (Mexico, United States)

sonobei Yamauchi, 1979 (Japan)

spathepus Wheeler, W.M., 1910 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Russian Federation)

speculiventris Emery, 1893 (United States)

subglaber Emery, 1893 (United States)

• Lasius clavigeroides Buren, 1942

subumbratus Viereck, 1903 (Mexico, United States)

T
talpa Wilson, 1955 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Japan, Pakistan)

tebessae Seifert, 1992 (Algeria, Israel)

turcicus Santschi, 1921 (Georgia, Greece, Iran, Turkey)

U
umbratus (Nylander, 1846) (Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Japan, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States)

• Chthonolasius affinis nyaradi Röszler, 1943

• Formica aphidicola Walsh, 1863

• Formicina belgarum Bondroit, 1918

• Lasius silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1928

• Lasius silvestrii osakana Santschi, 1941

• Lasius umbratus affinoumbratus Donisthorpe, 1914

• Lasius umbratus epinotalis Buren, 1944

• Lasius umbratus exacutus Ruzsky, 1902

• Lasius umbratus hirtiscapus Stärcke, 1937

uzbeki Seifert, 1992 (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan)

V
vestitus Wheeler, W.M., 1910 (Canada, United States)

• Lasius pilosus Smith, M.R., 1934

viehmeyeri Emery, 1922 (Croatia, Greece)

• Lasius viehmeyeri dalmatica Stärcke, 1937

W
wittmeri Seifert, 1992 (India, Pakistan)

X
xerophilus Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 1994 (United States)

=Fossil Species=

C
chambonensis Théobald, 1935 (France (Mio-pliocene))

crispus Théobald, 1935 (France (Mio-pliocene))

E
epicentrus Théobald, 1937 (France (Oligocene))

G
globularis (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

I
inflatus (Zhang, 1989) (China (Miocene))

L
longaevus (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

longipennis (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

M
minutulus (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

mordicus Zhang, 1989 (China (Miocene))

N
nemorivagus Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Baltic Amber (Eocene))

O
obliteratus (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

oblongus Assmann, 1870 (Germany (Miocene))

obscurus (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

occultatus (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

occultatus parschlugianus (Heer, 1849) (Austria?)

P
peritulus (Cockerell, 1927) (United States)

pumilus Mayr, 1868 (Baltic Amber (Eocene))

punctulatus Mayr, 1868 (Baltic Amber (Eocene))

R
redtenbacheri (Heer, 1849) (Croatia (Miocene))

redtenbacheri neuter (Heer, 1849) (uncertain)

S
schiefferdeckeri Mayr, 1868 (Baltic Amber (Eocene))

• Lasius edentatus Mayr, 1868

T
tertiarius Zalessky, 1949 (Russian Federation)

truncatus Zhang, 1989 (China (Miocene))

V
validus Zhang, 1989 (China (Miocene))

vetulus Dlussky, 1981 (Russia (Miocene))