Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Lasius spathepus Wheeler, 1910e PDF: 130, fig. 1 (q.) JAPAN. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Japan: nr Tokyo, Nishigahara, Agricultural Expt. Station, 1910 (
S.J. Kunawa). Primary type depository: MCZC.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Emery, 1925d PDF: 236;
Wheeler, 1928d PDF: 121 (redescription);
Teranishi, 1940: 76 (redescription);
Azuma, 1951 PDF: 88;
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 202;
Azuma, 1953 PDF: 4;
Azuma, 1955 PDF: 80;
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 147 (redescription);
Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1968 PDF: 401 (in key);
Collingwood, 1976a PDF: 306;
Azuma, 1977a PDF: 117;
Yamauchi, 1979 PDF: 172;
Onoyama, 1980a PDF: 200;
Kupyanskaya, 1989 PDF: 787 (redescription);
Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 231;
Morisita et al., 1991: 28;
Bolton, 1995b: 225;
Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 59;
Radchenko, 2005a PDF: 89 (redescription);
Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 172.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Japan,
North Korea,
South Korea Europe: Russia Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in deciduous forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times ground forager(s), 1 times ground foragers.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times lights.
Elevations: collected from 30 - 1000 meters, 400 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1947-04-22 00:00:00.0 and 2002-08-02 00:00:00.0
Type specimens:
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia