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Lasius transylvanicus
| Lasius transylvanicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Lasius |
| Species: | L. transylvanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasius transylvanicus Röszler, 1943 | |
This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain. Rözsler claimed to have made intensive observations of nest construction and behavior of this ant in the floodplain of the Nyarad river, Romania. The morphological description reports a dense and erect scape pilosity as in Lasius niger in combination with complete absence of setae on legs as found in Lasius alienus. I have never seen such an ant in thousands of Palaearctic Lasius samples. The description of behavior also indicates involvement of fantasy, invention or cognitive failure (Seifert, 2020; Boudinot et al., 2022).
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on type material
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- transylvanicus. Lasius transylvanica Röszler, 1943: 44 (w.q.m.) ROMANIA.
- Status as species: Stärcke, 1944a: 157 (in key).
- Junior synonym of niger: Wilson, 1955a: 60; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1436; Bolton, 1995b: 226.
- Junior synonym of alienus: Gallé, et al. 1998: 217.
- Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Lasius: Seifert, 1992b: 48, Seifert, 2020: 81..
Description
References
- 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).
- Roszler, P. 1943. Ameisen aus Siebenbürgen mit der Beschreibung ihrer Lebensweise. Zool. Anz. 144: 41-48 (page 44, worker, queen, male described)
- Seifert, B. 1992b. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the ant subgenus Lasius s.str. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 66(5): 1-67 (page 48, Unrecognisable taxon)
- Seifert, B. 2020. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the subgenus Lasius s.str. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Soil Organisms 92(1): 15-86 (doi:10.25674/so92iss1pp15).
- Wilson, E. O. 1955a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 1-201 (page 60, Junior synonym of niger)