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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Lasiini » cornfield ants, citronella ants (Lasius) » Subgenus Cautolasius (Lasius Subgenus Cautolasius) » Lasius flavus

Species Lasius flavus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Lasiini
Genus Lasius (cornfield ants, citronella ants)
No Taxon (Subgenus Cautolasius)
Species flavus (Lasius flavus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see genus page for notes of the taxonomic status
Explanation of Names
Author: Fabricius
Range
Holarctic; common throughout e. US south to the mountains of NC-TN; rare in the Gulf States
Habitat
Subterranean ant; nests most often under stones
Remarks
At the beginning of the colony there are several queens which groom each other and prevent fungal infections that might kill solitary queens. But when the first workers eclose and start foraging, the extra queens are eliminated; mature colonies generally have a single queen.
Internet References
UNC
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 22 November, 2007 - 2:38pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2011 - 9:21am

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