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Species Lasius emarginatus

Greenwood Cemetery Bioblitz Ant #2 - Lasius emarginatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Formicinae

Tribe Lasiini

Genus Lasius (Citronella Ants)

No Taxon (Subgenus Lasius)

Species emarginatus (Lasius emarginatus)

Size

Workers: 3 to 5.5 mm. Females: 7–10 mm. Males: 7-4,5 mm

Identification

Combination of:

- Contrasting orange-brown alitrunk (apparent thorax, i.e. actually thorax + propodaeum) and

- Long scapi (1rst antennal segments) overreaching the vertex.

Life Cycle

Queens may live for 30 years, workers, 3 years.

Remarks

Introduced very recently from the Mediterranean and central Europe (Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor).

Internet References

Wikipedia

Ant.web

Antwiki.org

Contributed by James C. Trager on 12 May, 2013 - 8:42am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 12 May, 2013 - 11:04am

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