Lasiophanes perplexus

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Lasiophanes perplexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Lasiophanes
Species: L. perplexus
Binomial name
Lasiophanes perplexus
(Santschi, 1920)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Chile (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Lasiophanes perplexusQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0912331. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • perplexus. Melophorus (Lasiophanes) perplexus Santschi, 1920d: 384 (q.) CHILE. Combination in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70. Junior synonym of nigriventris: Kusnezov, 1952c: 92. Revived from synonymy: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 107.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.