Lasius subgenera

  • Homogeneous, light yellow to reddish yellow.
  • CW 600 to 1280 µm
    CW < 1,1 Mn*Pp
    EYE/CS > 0,170
    (EL+EW) > 0,168 (HL+HW)
    M6/HL > 1,30
  • Profile of PE, low thick and rounded at its extremity
  • Sides of the head very convex
  • Living animals smell like lemongrass
  • Whole Palearctic
  • Homogeneous, light yellow to reddish yellow.
  • CW 600 to 1280 µm
    CW < 1,1 Mn*Pp
    EYE/CS > 0,170
    EL+EW) > 0,168 (HL+HW)
    M6/HL > 1,30
  • Profile of PE, the more thin with a pointed extremity
  • Hungary, South Slovakia, South Austria
  • Shiny, dark brown to black
  • CW 1250 to 1550 µm
  • Cordiform head, vertex clearly depressed
  • Head large compared to the Mesosome: CW > 1,1Mn*Pp
  • Living animals smell like citronellal
  • North, Central and West Europe
  • Matt body, black as jet for the dark parts
  • CW 600 to 1280 µm
  • Head less cordiform and less large: CW < 1,1 Mn*Pp
    EYE/CS > 0,170
    (EL+EW) > 0,168 (HL+HW)
  • Maxillary palps (Mxp) very long and flattened under the sides of the head, extend at least to the anterior border of the eyes. M6/HL > 1,30
  • Whole Palearctic