Lasius subgenera

Lasius is divided into subgenera with distinct lifestyles: Lasius s. str. (common garden ants), Chthonolasius and Dendrolasius (temporary social parasites), and Cautolasius (yellow subterranean species with citronella scent). Ubiquitous across the Palearctic.

Australo-
  • 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
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        L. austriacus
        L. carniolicus
        L. reginae
  • 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
    • Dendro-
  • 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
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        L. capitatus
        L. fuliginosus
        L. nipponensis
        L. morisitai
        L. spathepus
        L. teranishii
    sensu stricto
  • 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
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        L. alienus
        L. breviscapus
        L. brunneus