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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Lasiini » Citronella Ants (Lasius) » Subgenus Chthonolasius (Lasius Subgenus Chthonolasius) » Lasius aphidicola
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Ants swarming on stump - Lasius aphidicola
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Ants swarming on stump - Lasius aphidicola
New Hampshire, USA
September 8, 2006
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 March, 2008 - 12:19am
Last updated 19 February, 2011 - 2:02pm

Moved
Moved from Lasius nearcticus.
… James C. Trager, 19 February, 2011 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Lasius sp. (cf. Lasius nearcticus)
One of the late-swarming species with yellow workers (subgenus Chtonolasius of last century authors). Females (the large brown winged individuals) will overwinter and then look for Lasius alienus or Lasius neoniger colonies to parasitize next spring.
… Richard Vernier, 13 March, 2008 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

 
Lasius subgenera
According to the Online Catalog of Ants of North America, L. nearcticus and others are now placed in subgenus Cautolasius while species such as L. umbratus are still placed in Chthonolasius. Based on this, would you revise the placement of either the image above (which is currently placed at species level--not sure how it got there) or this one?
… Charley Eiseman, 4 November, 2009 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

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