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Species Lasius neoniger - Cornfield ant

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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 (Niger group - (Subgenus Lasius))
Species neoniger (Cornfield ant)
Explanation of Names
Lasius neoniger Emery, 1893
Size
workers 3mm
males 4mm
queens 7-8mm
Identification
Workers are dull, usually yellowish brown (sometimes darker). 4 or (usually) more erect hairs in a row on the lower edge of the hind tibia. Dorsal surface pubescent from head to abdominal apex.
Habitat
Treeless grassy areas or very open woods, typically in well-drained soil.
Life Cycle
Mating flights are in late summer, early fall. Young queens presumably enter winter as do mature colonies, with a cluster of first instar larvae in arrested development.
Remarks
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