Lasius platythorax

A European species very similar to Lasius niger (Rigato & Toni, 2011). It is known to commonly nest in the dead wood (Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: 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.

Biology
A Croatian study (Bujan et al. 2015) found L. platythorax was numerically dominant in a sampled fen and two adjacent suceesional habitats (reed and willow; young forest: a mixture of willows and different woody and herbaceous species characteristic of the surrounding beech forest). This ant was also present in an adjacent mature beech forest.

Nomenclature

 *  platythorax. Lasius (Lasius) platythorax Seifert, 1991: 73, figs. 3, 6, 7 (w.q.) GERMANY. Prince, 1996: 299 (m.). See also: Seifert, 1992b: 29.