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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)

Subgenus Chthonolasius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Ant - Lasius aphidicola Ant - Lasius aphidicola Ant for ID - Lasius aphidicola Winged ant on leaf - Lasius aphidicola - female Ant - red brown on sand - Lasius subumbratus Lasius aphidicola - Lasius aphidicola Lasius aphidicola? - Lasius aphidicola Lasius speculiventris queen - Lasius speculiventris - female
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 Chthonolasius
Explanation of Names
Author: Ruzsky, 1912.
Identification
Type species: Formica umbrata Nylander
Range
Most of North America.
Habitat
More subterranean than the subgenus Lasius, some build large earthen mounds.
Food
Mostly honeydew derived from subterranean plant lice and mealybugs.
Remarks
"Workers are mainly yellowish and rarely seen above ground. These are parasitic species, whose young queens ... don't found new colonies of their own. Instead, they try to overtake colonies of other Lasius species (like L. neoniger) after overwintering. Indeed, the name Chthonolasius means 'killer' Lasius." [comment by Richard Vernier]
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 November, 2009 - 9:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 10 February, 2010 - 2:10pm

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