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SUBFAMILY FORMICINAE - Genus Lasius Fabricius |
In Tribe Lasiini.
Diagnostic Features - worker size small to medium; bodies robust,
with head massive relative to the alitrunk; palpal segmentation 6, 4;
mandibles with 7-12 teeth folowing the typical formicine pattern; alitrunk
not conspicuously constricted or otherwise specialised, mesonotum profile
typically convex; propodeal spiracle round; petiole scale profile
prominent, erect and typically symmetrical (after Wilson, 1955a: 10).
Fabricius' (1804) genus description is at
(unavailable in HNS). Wilson (1955a: 9) made an extensive genus revision
which has been surpassed by Seifert's (1992) comprehensive revision of the
Palaearctic species, this is at 
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species in collection - from Iran
Lasius
himalayanus Bingham
Lasius neglectus
Van Loon.
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Brian Taylor CBiol FIBiol FRES 11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K. |
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