Lasiophanes
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Lasiophanes is a small genus of six described species that are endemic of Patagonia(Argentina and Chile) that is related to Lasius of the Northern Hemisphere and Melophorus of Australia and New Zealand.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Melophorini |
Genus: | Lasiophanes Emery, 1895 |
Type species | |
Formica nigriventris, see Lasiophanes atriventris | |
Diversity | |
6 species (Species Checklist) |
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Based on Ward et al. 2016. |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution and Richness based on AntMaps
Biology
Castes
Morphology
Worker Morphology
• Antennal segment count 12 • Antennal club gradual • Palp formula 6,4 • Total dental count 6-8 • Spur formula 1 simple, 1 simple • Eyes present • Scrobes absent • Sting absent
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- LASIOPHANES [Formicinae: Lasiini]
- Lasiophanes Emery, 1895i: 16 [as subgenus of Melophorus]. Type-species: Formica nigriventris (junior primary homonym in Formica; Formica atriventris first available replacement name), by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 165.
- Lasiophanes subgenus of Melophorus: Emery, 1922a: 90; Emery, 1925b: 12.
- Lasiophanes raised to genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 695; Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 71; retained as genus: Kusnezov, 1952c: 90; Kusnezov, 1956: 31; Kempf, 1972a: 128; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 104.
References
- Agosti, D. 1991. Revision of the oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 293-310 (page 295, Lasiophanes in Formicinae, Formica genus group)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 96, Lasiophanes as genus; in Formicinae, Lasiini)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 655, Lasiophanes as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Emery, C. 1895k. Deuxième note sur les fourmis du Chili. Actes Soc. Sci. Chili 5: 10-18 (page 16, Lasiophanes as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Emery, C. 1922g. Le specie americane del genere Melophorus (Lasiophanes). Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 26: 90-95 (page 90, Lasiophanes as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 12, Lasiophanes in Formicinae, Melophorini; Lasiophanes as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Fergani, P., Sackmann, P., Cuezzo, F. 2008. Environmental determinants of the distribution and abundance of the ants, Lasiophanes picinus and L. valdiviensis, in Argentina. 16pp. Journal of Insect Science, 8:36, available online: insectscience.org/8.36 PDF
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 248, Lasiophanes in Camponotinae, Melophorini; Lasiophanes as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 128, Lasiophanes as genus)
- Kusnezov, N. 1952e [1951]. Lasiophanes Emery en la Patagonia. Acta Zool. Lilloana 12: 89-100 (page 90, Lasiophanes as genus)
- Kusnezov, N. 1956a. Claves para la identificación de las hormigas de la fauna argentina. Idia 104- 105: 1-56 (page 31, Lasiophanes as genus)
- Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 9: 63-129 (page 104, Key to species; Lasiophanes as genus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 143, Lasiophanes as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1911g. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 21: 157-175 (page 165, Type species: Formica nigriventris (junior primary homonym in Formica: Lasiophanes atriventris first available replacement name), by subsequent designation)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 695, Lasiophanes raised to genus; Lasiophanes in Formicinae, Melophorini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 68-72 (page 70, Lasiophanes in Formicinae, Melophorini; Lasiophanes as genus)