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Lasius
Lasius is a genus of formicine ants. The type species for this genus is the black garden ant, Lasius niger. Other major members, which live in drier heathland, are the cornfield ant, L. neoniger, and L. alienus. Other species include the temporary social parasites of the L. mixtus group and the hyper-social parasite Lasius fuliginosus. Lasius flavus is also a commonly seen species, building grassy hillocks in undisturbed pasture. In the Alps, these mounds - always
59 branches of this group, most-observed first
Black Garden Ant
speciesLasius niger
Central European Bicolored Ant
speciesLasius emarginatus
Turfgrass Ant
speciesLasius neoniger
Woodland Fuzzy Ant
speciesLasius americanus
Brown Tree Ant
speciesLasius brunneus
Pale-legged Fuzzy Ant
speciesLasius pallitarsis
Lasius japonicus
speciesLasius japonicus
Lasius platythorax
speciesLasius platythorax
Lasius alienus
complexLasius alienus
Lasius grandis
speciesLasius grandis
Invasive Garden Ant
speciesLasius neglectus
Lasius hayashi
speciesLasius hayashi
Lasius lasioides
speciesLasius lasioides
Lasius sitiens
speciesLasius sitiens
Lasius ponderosae
speciesLasius ponderosae
Lasius illyricus
speciesLasius illyricus
Lasius cinereus
speciesLasius cinereus
White Sands Fuzzy Ant
speciesLasius xerophilus
Lasius sakagamii
speciesLasius sakagamii
Lasius longipalpus
speciesLasius longipalpus
Lasius chinensis
speciesLasius chinensis
Lasius koreanus
speciesLasius koreanus
Cryptic Fuzzy Ant
speciesLasius crypticus
Lasius maltaeus
speciesLasius maltaeus
Lasius productus
speciesLasius productus
Lasius mauretanicus
speciesLasius mauretanicus
Lasius vostochni
speciesLasius vostochni
Lasius cyperus
speciesLasius cyperus
Lasius uzbeki
speciesLasius uzbeki
Lasius coloratus
speciesLasius coloratus
Lasius sichuense
speciesLasius sichuense
Lasius schiefferdeckeri
speciesLasius schiefferdeckeri
Lasius magnus
speciesLasius magnus
Lasius tapinomoides
speciesLasius tapinomoides
Lasius balearicus
speciesLasius balearicus
Lasius frequens
speciesLasius frequens
Lasius austriacus
speciesLasius austriacus
Lasius precursor
speciesLasius precursor
Lasius creticus
speciesLasius creticus
Lasius obscuratus
speciesLasius obscuratus
Lasius silvaticus
speciesLasius silvaticus
Lasius excavatus
speciesLasius excavatus
Lasius tunisius
speciesLasius tunisius
Lasius israelicus
speciesLasius israelicus
Lasius persicus
speciesLasius persicus
Lasius brevipalpus
speciesLasius brevipalpus
Lasius hirsutus
speciesLasius hirsutus
Lasius wittmeri
speciesLasius wittmeri
Lasius schaeferi
speciesLasius schaeferi
Lasius kabaki
speciesLasius kabaki
Lasius himalayanus
speciesLasius himalayanus
Lasius tebessae
speciesLasius tebessae
Lasius lawarai
speciesLasius lawarai
Lasius karpinisi
speciesLasius karpinisi
Lasius kritikos
speciesLasius kritikos
Lasius schulzi
speciesLasius schulzi
Lasius turcicus
speciesLasius turcicus
Lasius flavoniger
speciesLasius flavoniger
Lasius flavescens
speciesLasius flavescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 931956.