Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Taxonomic history
Subspecies of
Lasius niger:
Forel, 1874 PDF: 47 (in key);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 452;
Forel, 1889 PDF: 256;
Lameere, 1892: 64;
Forel, 1892j PDF: 307;
Emery, 1893m PDF: 187 (footnote);
Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 71;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 310;
Wheeler, 1906h PDF: 321;
Yano, 1910a PDF: 421;
Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 486;
Stitz, 1914 PDF: 85;
Emery, 1914c PDF: 159;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 241;
Escherich, 1917: 333 (in key);
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 246;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b PDF: 243;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927e PDF: 188;
Gösswald, 1932 PDF: 60;
Azuma, 1951 PDF: 88;
Azuma, 1953 PDF: 4;
Azuma, 1955 PDF: 80.
Status as species:
Latreille, 1802a PDF: 168;
Jurine, 1807 PDF: 273;
Stephens, 1829b: 357;
Losana, 1834 PDF: 319;
Schilling, 1839 PDF: 55;
Smith, 1851 PDF: 2;
Schenck, 1852 PDF: 126;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 358 (redescription);
Smith, 1855a PDF: 107;
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 68;
Smith, 1857b PDF: 39;
Gredler, 1858 PDF: 13;
Smith, 1858b PDF: 278;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 7;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 50 (in key);
Smith, 1861a PDF: 33;
Mayr, 1862 PDF: 700;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 11;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 425;
Emery, 1869b PDF: 9;
Emery, 1870 PDF: 194;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 165;
André, 1874b: 180 (in key);
Emery, 1878: 47;
André, 1881c PDF: 60;
André, 1882c PDF: 193 (in key);
Cresson, 1887 PDF: 257;
Nasonov, 1889: 23;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 182;
Forel, 1901m PDF: 66;
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 17;
Wasmann, 1906 PDF: 114 (in key);
Bondroit, 1912 PDF: 352;
Ruzsky, 1914a PDF: 61;
Forel, 1915d: 52 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1915f PDF: 347;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 26;
Crawley, 1920b PDF: 177;
Kulmatycki, 1922 PDF: 79;
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 70;
Müller, 1923a PDF: 74;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 127;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 228;
Donisthorpe, 1926b PDF: 18;
Santschi, 1926f PDF: 288;
Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 124 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1927a PDF: 8;
Donisthorpe, 1927c: 247;
Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 300;
Karavaiev, 1927d: 279 (in key);
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927e PDF: 188;
Lomnicki, 1928 PDF: 8;
Finzi, 1930d PDF: 316;
Karavaiev, 1930b PDF: 147;
Karavaiev, 1931e PDF: 214;
Santschi, 1931a: 11;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 72;
Santschi, 1932h PDF: 5;
Arnol'di, 1933a: 603 (in key);
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 103;
Karavaiev, 1936: 198 (redescription);
Ruzsky, 1936 PDF: 90;
Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 313;
Holgersen, 1940 PDF: 185;
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 101 (in key);
Holgersen, 1943c PDF: 174 (in key);
Holgersen, 1944a PDF: 180;
Stärcke, 1944b PDF: 155;
Van Boven, 1947b PDF: 186 (in key);
Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list);
Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1064;
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 202;
Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 44;
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 47 (redescription);
Ceballos, 1956: 315;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 358 (redescription);
Pisarski, 1967a PDF: 415;
Kutter, 1968b PDF: 61;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 79;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 202;
Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 165;
Banert & Pisarski, 1972 PDF: 353;
Bourne, 1973 PDF: 23;
Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 7 (in key);
Pisarski, 1975: 33;
Azuma, 1977a PDF: 117;
Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 143;
Kutter, 1977c: 228;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 555 (in key);
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 89 (in key);
Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 98;
Collingwood, 1982 PDF: 285;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 282 (in key);
Kugler, 1988 PDF: 259;
Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c PDF: 429;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 238;
Seifert, 1992b PDF: 6 (redescription);
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 118;
Radchenko, 1994b: 115 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b: 222;
Douwes, 1995: 94;
Poldi et al., 1995: 7;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 28;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 23 (in key);
Gallé et al., 1998: 217;
Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 104;
Karaman & Karaman, 2003 PDF: 52;
Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 230;
Karaman & Karaman, 2005 PDF: 57;
Bračko, 2006 PDF: 148;
Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 68;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 107 (in key);
Bračko, 2007 PDF: 20;
Seifert, 2007: 277;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 143;
Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007 PDF: 234;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 136;
Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 154;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 483;
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010 PDF: 40;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 36;
Boer, 2010: 42;
Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58;
Karaman, 2011a PDF: 85;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 26;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 498;
Czechowski et al., 2012: 261;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 12;
Bharti & Gul, 2013a PDF: 57 (in key);
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 84;
Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 19;
Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 139;
Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 27;
Lebas et al., 2016: 212;
Radchenko, 2016: 366;
Steiner et al., 2017: 10;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 45;
Seifert, 2018: 278;
Werner et al., 2018 PDF: 6;
Bračko, 2019 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 PDF: 170;
Rasheed et al., 2019 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330 PDF: 430;
Seifert, 2020a 10.25674/so92iss1pp15 PDF: 47;
Borowiec & Salata, 2022 PDF: 189 (redescription).
Senior synonym of
Lasius alienobrunneus:
Stärcke, 1944b PDF: 157;
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 47;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 358;
Pisarski, 1975: 33;
Kutter, 1977c: 14;
Seifert, 1992b PDF: 6;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 118;
Bolton, 1995b: 222;
Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 104;
Czechowski et al., 2012: 261;
Radchenko, 2016: 366;
Seifert, 2020a 10.25674/so92iss1pp15 PDF: 47.
Senior synonym of
Lasius pallida:
Latreille, 1802a PDF: 169;
Stephens, 1829b: 357;
Smith, 1851 PDF: 2;
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 47;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 358;
Pisarski, 1975: 33;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 118;
Bolton, 1995b: 222;
Czechowski et al., 2012: 261;
Seifert, 2020a 10.25674/so92iss1pp15 PDF: 47.
Senior synonym of
Lasius timida:
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 68;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 7;
Roger, 1859 PDF: 239;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 50 (in key);
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 425;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 11;
André, 1874c: 202 (in list);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 97 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 452;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 182;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 310;
Forel, 1915d: 52 (in key);
Müller, 1923b PDF: 127;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 228;
Donisthorpe, 1927c: 247;
Karavaiev, 1936: 198;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 203;
Pisarski, 1975: 33;
Seifert, 1992b PDF: 6;
Bolton, 1995b: 222;
Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 104;
Czechowski et al., 2012: 261;
Radchenko, 2016: 366;
Seifert, 2020a 10.25674/so92iss1pp15 PDF: 47.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Armenia,
Georgia,
India,
Iran,
Israel,
Pakistan,
South Korea,
Tajikistan,
Turkey Europe: Albania,
Andorra,
Austria,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Hungary,
Italy,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Macedonia,
Moldova,
Netherlands,
Norway,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Indomalaya,
Palearctic
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
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Lasius brunneus |
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Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 700, (download) |
700 |
4445
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Lasius brunneus |
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Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Alipanah, H., 2008, A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran., Myrmecologische Nachrichten 11, pp. 151-159: 155, (download) |
155 |
21820
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Lasius brunneus |
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Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174: 98, (download) |
98 |
6175
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Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 264 times found in Unknown, 140 times found in forest, 107 times found in anthropogenic, 15 times found in dry grassland, 14 times found in Wet grassland, 12 times found in shrubs, 8 times found in Rocks (rocky-calcareous grasslands), 4 times found in deciduous forest, 2 times found in Urban area, 2 times found in town, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 4 times on tree, 3 times ground foragers, 3 times on trunk, 2 times on the ground, 2 times on path, 2 times leaf litter (-10-0 cm), 2 times leaf litter, 2 times tree base, 1 times strays, 2 times roadside, 1 times on shrubs, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 194 times Manual catch, 91 times Pitfall trap, 41 times sifting of soil samples, 35 times Search, 9 times Malaise trap, 5 times Hand, 5 times pitfall, 5 times beating, 3 times light trap, 2 times Alcohol trap, 2 times White color trap, ...
Elevations: collected from 13 - 1800 meters, 484 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1896-05-31 00:00:00.0 and 2022-07-19 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: neotype of Lasius brunneus: antweb1041436; syntype of Lasius niger alienobrunneus: casent0911044; type of Lasius brunneus obscuratus: focol2737
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