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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 Acanthomyops (Lasius Subgenus Acanthomyops)

Subgenus Acanthomyops

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References
A flying ant?? - Lasius - female Ant ID - Lasius Ants - Lasius latipes ant - Lasius latipes winter ant - Lasius claviger - female Formicinae, but what genus? - Lasius interjectus Red Ant Shedding Wings - Lasius - female large group (nest?) of flying ants - Lasius claviger
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 Acanthomyops
Other Common Names
Citronella Ants, Lemon Ants
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
At one time considered by some as a genus in its own right, but discussions below show this is now accepted as a subgenus of Lasius
http://bugguide.net/node/view/227022
http://bugguide.net/node/view/232190
Range
Found only in North America. Widespread but seldom noticed.
Habitat
Almost exclusively subterranean, except during nuptial flight.
Remarks
Females and workers have a characteristic citronella or lemon-verbena odor.
Internet References
UNC
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 18 October, 2008 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, ceiseman, James C. Trager
Last updated 5 March, 2011 - 1:23pm

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