What are these orange ants? - Lasius interjectus

Moved

Moved from Subgenus Acanthomyops.

… John R. Maxwell, 4 May, 2009 - 10:36pm

Moved

Moved from Citronella Ants, Lemon Ants.

… John R. Maxwell, 18 October, 2008 - 8:14am

Citronella Ants?

Or maybe one of the related species in the genus Lasius.

… Nick Fensler, 5 July, 2007 - 8:06pm

Lasius Acanthomyops, all one

Lasius Acanthomyops, all one and the same by most definitions these days, however Lasius is the accepted name.

… Gordon C. Snelling, 5 July, 2007 - 9:52pm

Thank you.

Sounds like it's not identifiable to species, but is to subgenus. Is there a way I can move these photos to subgenus Acanthomyops without putting it under a species?

… June Tveekrem, 6 July, 2007 - 9:11am

Maybe...

Tom Murray created a guide page for another Subgenus Acanthomyops image, but it's a sort of unnatural hybrid between a species and a subgenus page, and I'm not sure of the best way to fix it.

… Chuck Entz, 6 July, 2007 - 10:51am

Yes, I saw that guide page,

and I agree about the "unnatural hybrid" part. What about fixing it by putting the species Lasius latipes as a separate page under the subgenus Acanthomyops page? Then photos of Acanthomyops that can't be ID'd to species can go on the subgenus page.

… June Tveekrem, 6 July, 2007 - 12:53pm

Moved to Acanthomyops

I just noticed that Acanthomyops is in the guide as a genus. I think it's best to put everything there for now- we should be consistent, at least. Later on, if we decide to recreate it as a subgenus, they'll all be in one place where we can find them.

… Chuck Entz, 6 July, 2007 - 7:56pm