Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Lasius flavus r. myops Forel, 1894d PDF: 12 (w.) ALGERIA. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 128). Primary type locality: lectotype Algeria: Oran, Vallon, nr Terni, >1400 m. (
A. Forel). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MNHU.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Junior synonym of
Lasius flavus:
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 112;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 359;
Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 165;
Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 145;
Smith, 1979: 1437;
Yamauchi, 1979 PDF: 160;
Onoyama, 1980a PDF: 199;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 241;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 120;
Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 61 (error);
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 124 (error).
Subspecies of
Lasius flavus:
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 14;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 283;
Wheeler, 1906h PDF: 322;
Forel, 1907h PDF: 15;
Yano, 1910a PDF: 421;
Bondroit, 1911a PDF: 10;
Karavaiev, 1912b PDF: 587;
Forel, 1915d: 51 (in key);
Emery, 1916a PDF: 241;
Ruzsky, 1916: 5;
Escherich, 1917: 333 (in key);
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 246;
Ruzsky, 1920 PDF: 78;
Santschi, 1921b PDF: 435;
Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 331;
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 71;
Müller, 1923a PDF: 75;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 128;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 231;
Ruzsky, 1925b PDF: 44;
Soudek, 1925b PDF: 16;
Karavaiev, 1926e PDF: 194;
Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 121 (in key);
Karavaiev, 1927d: 278 (in key);
Wheeler, 1928d PDF: 120;
Wheeler, 1930k PDF: 80;
Soudek, 1931 PDF: 15;
Gösswald, 1932 PDF: 63;
Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 52;
Karavaiev, 1936: 210 (redescription);
Ruzsky, 1936 PDF: 91;
Teranishi, 1940: 22;
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 102 (in key);
Eidmann, 1941a PDF: 25;
Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list);
Azuma, 1950a: 35;
Azuma, 1951 PDF: 88;
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 201;
Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 44;
Azuma, 1953 PDF: 4;
Ceballos, 1956: 315;
Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 146;
Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 142 (redescription).
Status as species:
Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 397;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 29;
Ruzsky, 1925a PDF: 288;
Ruzsky, 1946 PDF: 70;
Kutter, 1977c PDF: 229;
Seifert, 1983 PDF: 2 (redescription);
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 282 (in key);
Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c PDF: 433;
Bolton, 1995b: 224;
Poldi et al., 1995: 8;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 28;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 23 (in key);
Gallé et al., 1998: 217;
Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 170;
Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 231;
Bračko, 2006 PDF: 149;
Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 194;
Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 68;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 107 (in key);
Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 203;
Bračko, 2007 PDF: 20;
Seifert, 2007: 280;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 154;
Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007 PDF: 234;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 135;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 484;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 39;
Boer, 2010: 36;
Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58;
Karaman, 2011b PDF: 92;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 27;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 502;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 13;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 88;
Lebas et al., 2016: 204;
Steiner et al., 2017: 11;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018b 10.3897/zookeys.789.27022 PDF: 157 (in key);
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 45;
Seifert, 2018: 283;
Werner et al., 2018 PDF: 6;
Bračko, 2019 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 PDF: 170;
Arcos et al., 2022 10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623 PDF: 11;
Borowiec & Salata, 2022 PDF: 211 (redescription).
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Algeria,
Morocco Asia: Georgia,
Kyrgyzstan,
North Korea,
Turkey Europe: Austria,
Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Hungary,
Italy,
Macedonia,
Montenegro,
Portugal,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Ukraine Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Mostly Submediterranean SL
On very warm localities, rare in CZ.
Biology:
Xerothermous grasslands, nests in soil
References:
http://www.muzeumcb.cz/knihovna/?slozka=141&detail=389
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in Urban Garden, 3 times found in Meadow, 1 times found in Pinar, 2 times found in dry pine forest, 2 times found in Rocks (rocky-calcareous grasslands), 2 times found in Unknown, 1 times found in mountain deciduous forest, 1 times found in N-slope of rocks with single Quercus cerris, 1 times found in calcarous rocks, some shrubs, 1 times found in N-slope, arbutus forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 8 times under stone, 2 times nbp, 2 times Nuptial flight, 1 times Nest open in soil, 1 times under small stone, 1 times under rock, 1 times under deeply embedded stone, 1 times Nuptial flight (nest), 1 times Foraging on tree.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 11 times search, 7 times Hand, 4 times Pitfall trap.
Elevations: collected from 60 - 1642 meters, 486 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1997-05-20 00:00:00.0 and 2021-08-01 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Lasius myops: casent0907598, casent0911051; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Lasius flavus myops flavoides: casent0911050
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
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