Lasius clavigeroides

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Lasius clavigeroides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius subglaber)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: Lasius clavigeroides
Buren, 1942

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lasius subglaber.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • clavigeroides. Lasius (Acanthomyops) clavigeroides Buren, 1942: 406 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. Subspecies of subglaber: Buren, 1950: 185. Junior synonym of subglaber: Creighton, 1950a: 433.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 53, catalogue)
  • Buren, W. F. 1942. New ants from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 16: 399-408. (page 406, worker, queen, male described)
  • Buren, W. F. 1950. A new Lasius (Acanthomyops) with a key to North American females. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 52: 184-190 (page 185, Subspecies of subglaber)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 433, Junior synonym of subglaber)