Species: Lasius aphidicola

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Formica aphidicola Walsh, 1863 PDF: 310 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: 5 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens, 2 syntype males. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: (no further data) (B.D. Walsh). Primary type depository: unknown (possibly ANSP (Creighton, 1950a PDF: 425, Wilson, 1955a PDF: 165)). Type notes: Wheeler, 1910h PDF: 240, and others, suggest type locality as Illinois: Rock Island, but this is merely Walsh’s address. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c PDF: 150 (l.)

Combination in Lasius: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 429.

Combination in Lasius (Chthonolasius): Ruzsky, 1912 PDF: 633; Ruzsky, 1914a PDF: 61.

As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1893k PDF: 640; Wheeler, 1900c PDF: 47; Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 305; Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 397; Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 13; Wheeler, 1910h PDF: 239; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 569; Wheeler, 1916o PDF: 172; Wheeler, 1916r: 593; Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 528; Wheeler, 1917h PDF: 167; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 463; Emery, 1925d PDF: 235; Smith, 1928c PDF: 277; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 296; Wing, 1939 PDF: 164; Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 101; Cole, 1942 PDF: 375; Smith, 1951c PDF: 852.

Junior synonym of Lasius flavus: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 429; Cresson, 1887 PDF: 255.

Junior synonym of Lasius umbratus: Wilson, 1955a PDF: 150; Smith, 1958c PDF: 150; Smith, 1979: 1439; Bolton, 1995b: 221; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 127; Radchenko, 2016: 373.

Subspecies of Lasius umbratus: Emery, 1893m PDF: 182; Wheeler, 1908k PDF: 406; Buren, 1944a PDF: 297; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 257; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 425.

Status as species: Mayr, 1863a PDF: 411; Schär et al., 2018 10.1111/jbi.13380 PDF: 6.

Senior synonym of Lasius umbratus epinotalis: Schär et al., 2018 10.1111/jbi.13380 PDF: 6.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Canada, Mexico, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in shrub steppe, 3 times found in deciduous forest, 2 times found in montane meadow, 2 times found in oak pine forest, 1 times found in Open Birch/Maple forest, 1 times found in pine-fir forest, 1 times found in broadleaf forest edge, 2 times found in forest, 1 times found in laurel thicket, mixed conifer/broadleaf forest, 1 times found in Pinus-jeffreyi forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 8 times under stone, 1 times nest in basal hole Fagus grandifolia, 1 times nest under limestone slab, 1 times in rotten wood, 1 times under adjacent stones, 1 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times on ground, 1 times leaf litter in oak, 1 times ex rotten log, 1 times walking on road, 1 times uner deeply embedded stone, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 9 times search, 2 times hand collected, 1 times 6L sifted litter, extracted in Winkler sack over 24 hours.

Elevations: collected from 6 - 2280 meters, 1232 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1983-07-02 00:00:00.0 and 2023-04-29 00:00:00.0

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Species: Lasius aphidicola (Walsh, 1863)

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