Contents Miscellaneous ants - Iran
SUBFAMILY FORMICINAE - Genus Lasius
Lasius neglectus Van Loon et al. / Lasius turcicus (Santschi)

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Lasius neglectus Van Loon et al. / Lasius turcicus (Santschi)

return to list {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Hungary (Van Loon et al., 1990, 350, illustrated all forms, 1894c: 404; noted as junior synonym of turcicus by Seifert, 1992b: 10; as such in Bolton, 1995: 224).

Santschi's (1921a) description of turcicus is at {original description}. Van Loon et al's (1990) description of neglectus is at {original description}. Seifert's (1992) description of turcicus is at {original description}.


{Lasius neglectus} The photomontage is of a specimen from Iran, Miankaleh; collected by Omid Paknia.

Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

References -
Santschi, F. 1921. Notes sur les fourmis palearctiques. 2. Fourmis d'Asie Mineure recoltees par M. H. Gadeau de Kerville. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., 21, 110-116
Van Loon, A.J., J.J. Boomsma & A. Andrásfalvy, 1990. A new polygynous Lasius species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Central Europe. I. Description and general biology. Insectes Sociaux, 37, 348-362.


{short description of image}Photomontage from http://www.creaf.uab.es/xeg/Lasius/Ingles/index.htm

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