Prenolepis fusculus

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Prenolepis fusculus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius lasioides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: Prenolepis fusculus
Emery, 1869

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fuscula. Prenolepis fusculus Emery, 1869b: 8, pl. 1, fig. 4 (w.) ITALY. [Also referred to as Lasius fusculus by Emery, 1869b: 26.] Junior synonym of lasioides: Dalla Torre, 1893: 182.

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