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 and for distribution information see Lasius species by Country.

A
alienoflavus Bingham, 1903 (India, Nepal)

alienoniger Forel, 1874

alienus (Foerster, 1850) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Canada, Channel Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States)

• Lasius niger americanus Emery, 1893

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

atopus Cole, 1958 (United States)

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

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

balearicus Talavera, Espadaler & Vila, 2014 (Spain)

bicornis (Foerster, 1850) (Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey)

• Acanthomyops bicornis kashmirensis Donisthorpe, 1930

• Formica incisa Schenck Schenck, 1852

• Formicina microgyna Bondroit, 1918

• Lasius bicornis neapolitana Emery, 1922

• Lasius bicornis oertzeni Forel, 1910

breviscapus Seifert, 1992 (India)

brunneus (Latreille, 1798) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 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 (Slovakia)

bureni (Wing, 1968) (United States)

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

capitatus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927) (Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation)

carniolicus Mayr, 1861 (Afghanistan, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Republic of Macedonia, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey)

• Lasius carniolicus kusnezovi Karavaiev, 1929

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

citrinus Emery, 1922 (Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland)

• Formica affinis Schenck Schenck, 1852

claviger (Roger, 1862) (United States)

• Lasius parvula Smith, M.R., 1934

colei (Wing, 1968) (United States)

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

D
distinguendus (Emery, 1916) (Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey)

• 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, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

• 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 (Canada, United States)

flavescens Forel, 1904 (Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan)

flavoniger Seifert, 1992 (Turkey)

flavus (Fabricius, 1782) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 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 Peoples Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Russian Federation)

fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

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

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

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

hikosanus Yamauchi, 1979 (Japan)

himalayanus Bingham, 1903 (China, India)

hirsutus Seifert, 1992 (India, Pakistan)

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

I
illyricus Zimmermann, 1935 (Croatia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine)

interjectus Mayr, 1866 (United States)

J
japonicus Santschi, 1941 (China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea)

jensi Seifert, 1982 (Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain)

K
karpinisi Seifert, 1992 (Greece)

koreanus Seifert, 1992 (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea)

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

• Lasius alienus barbarus Santschi, 1931

• Lasius fumatus Emery, 1869

• Prenolepis fusculus Emery, 1869

latipes (Walsh, 1863) (Canada, Mexico, 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) (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 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 (Republic of Macedonia)

mixtus (Nylander, 1846) (Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

monticola (Buckley, 1866)

morisitai Yamauchi, 1979 (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Japan, Russian Federation)

murphyi Forel, 1901 (United States)

myops Forel, 1894 (Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, 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 Provancher, 1881

neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990 (Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uzbekistan)

neoniger Emery, 1893 (Canada, Mexico, United States)

nevadensis Cole, 1956 (United States)

niger (Linnaeus, 1758) (Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Channel Islands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 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 Christ, 1791

• Formica pallescens Schenck, 1852

• Lasius niger emeryi Ruzsky, 1905

niger pinetorum Ruzsky, 1907 (Russian Federation)

nigrescens Stitz, 1930 (Russian Federation)

nipponensis Forel, 1912 (China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Taiwan)

• Lasius crispus Wilson Wilson, 1955

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

O
obscuratus Stitz, 1930 (China, Georgia)

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

orientalis Karavaiev, 1912 (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation)

• Lasius ouchii Teranishi, 1940

• Lasius teranishii Wheeler, W.M., 1928

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

• Lasius niger sitkaensis Pergande, 1900

pannonica Röszler, 1942

paralienus Seifert, 1992 (Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey)

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

platythorax Seifert, 1991 (Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 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 (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

pubescens Buren, 1942 (United States)

R
rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917) (Afghanistan, Denmark, France, Georgia, Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey)

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

rubiginosa (Latreille, 1802)

ruficornis (Fabricius, 1804)

S
sabularum (Bondroit, 1918) (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iberian Peninsula, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, 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 Peoples Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation)

speculiventris Emery, 1893 (United States)

subglaber Emery, 1893 (Canada, United States)

• Lasius clavigeroides Buren, 1942

subumbratus Viereck, 1903 (Canada, Mexico, United States)

T
talpa Wilson, 1955 (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, India, Japan, Pakistan, Republic of Korea)

tebessae Seifert, 1992 (Algeria, Israel)

tibialis Santschi, 1936 (Morocco)

transylvanica Röszler, 1943

turcicus Santschi, 1921 (Georgia, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Spain, Turkey)

U
umbratus (Nylander, 1846) (Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 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, Romania)

• Lasius viehmeyeri dalmatica Stärcke, 1937

W
wittmeri Seifert, 1992 (India, Pakistan)

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

=Fossil Species=

A
anthracinus (Heer, 1867) (Radoboj)

C
chambonensis Théobald, 1935

crispus Théobald, 1935

E
epicentrus Théobald, 1937

G
globularis (Heer, 1849)

glom LaPolla & Greenwlalt, 2015 (Kishenehn Formation shale)

I
inflatus (Zhang, 1989)

L
longaevus (Heer, 1849) (Radoboj)

longipennis (Heer, 1849) (Radoboj)

M
mordicus Zhang, 1989

N
nemorivagus Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Baltic amber)

O
oblongus Assmann, 1870

obscurus (Heer, 1849) (Radoboj)

occultatus (Heer, 1849) (Radoboj)

occultatus parschlugianus (Heer, 1849)

ophthalmicus (Heer, 1849) (Radoboj)

P
peritulus (Cockerell, 1927)

pumilus Mayr, 1868 (Baltic amber)

punctulatus Mayr, 1868 (Baltic amber)

S
schiefferdeckeri Mayr, 1868 (Baltic amber)

T
tertiarius Zalessky, 1949

truncatus Zhang, 1989

V
validus Zhang, 1989

vetulus Dlussky, 1981