Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Lasius flavus subsp. nearcticus Wheeler, 1906f PDF: 38 (w.) U.S.A. (Illinois). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Illinois (no collector’s name) (by restriction of
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 423). Primary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: Other original syntype localities: U.S.A.: Massachusetts (no further data) (
A.P. Morse), Massachusetts (probably Woods Hole) (
W.M. Wheeler), U.S.A.: Connecticut (probably Colebrook) (
W.M. Wheeler), U.S.A.: New York (no further data), U.S.A.: New Jersey (no further data).
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Subspecies of
Lasius flavus:
Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 13;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 569;
Wheeler, 1916o PDF: 172;
Wheeler, 1916r: 593;
Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 527;
Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 463;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 231;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 100;
Cole, 1942 PDF: 374;
Buren, 1944a PDF: 297;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 422;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 851.
Status as species:
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 133 (redescription);
Smith, 1958c PDF: 149;
Francoeur & Béique, 1966a PDF: 144;
Smith, 1967a PDF: 368;
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207;
Smith, 1979: 1438;
Allred, 1982: 480;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 149;
MacKay et al., 1988 PDF: 118 (in key);
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 308;
Bolton, 1995b: 224;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 382;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 124;
Ellison et al., 2012: 196.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Canada,
United States Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Nearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 9 times found in mixed hardwood forest, 2 times found in douglas fir/Cercocarpus, 1 times found in mesic forest, 2 times found in Mesic ravine, 2 times found in Basswood-maple forest, 1 times found in oak pine forest, 1 times found in oak pine forest edge, 1 times found in douglas fir forest, 2 times found in Ponderosa pine forest, 2 times found in Ponderosa pine-oak forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 11 times under rock, 4 times under stone, 1 times under small branch on ground, 1 times in Formica soil mound nest, 2 times under log, 1 times sifted leaf litter, 1 times nest under soil clump, 2 times log stage 3, 1 times sifted litter(leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times nest under stone, pupae in nest, sandy clay, loam soil, 1 times log stage 2, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 6 times search, 5 times direct collection, 1 times hand collecting, 1 times Winkler.
Elevations: collected from 65 - 2320 meters, 1109 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1924-04-20 00:00:00.0 and 2017-08-22 00:00:00.0
Type specimens:
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia