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Cautolasius
| Cautolasius | |
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| Lasius flavus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Cautolasius Wilson, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Formica flava, now Lasius flavus
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lasius.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CAUTOLASIUS [junior synonym of Lasius]
- Cautolasius Wilson, 1955a: 13 [as subgenus of Lasius]. Type-species: Formica flava, by original designation.
- Cautolasius subgenus of Lasius: Boudinot et al., 2022: 135.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 97, Cautolasius as subgenus of Lasius)
- Boudinot, B.E., Borowiec, M.L., Prebus, M.M. 2022. Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47, 113-151 (doi:10.1111/syen.12522).
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 179, Cautolasius as subgenus of Lasius [provisional])
- Wilson, E. O. 1955a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 1-201 (page 13, Cautolasius as subgenus of Lasius)