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Species: Lasius (Lasius) neoniger

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Lasius

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Lasius niger var. neoniger Emery, 1893k PDF: 639 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

(in text).

Subspecies of Lasius niger: Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 463; Buren, 1944a PDF: 296; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 420.

Status as species: Gregg, 1945 PDF: 530; Wilson, 1955a PDF: 97; Smith, 1979: 1436.

Distribution:

NEARCTIC: USA (ME, FL, ID, MA, WY, CO, NM, CA)

Biology:

Prairie, old field, ruderal, parks, rough lawns, roadside, well-drained soil only

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Ward, P. S., 2005:
I? [introduced species?]Possibly introduced into California (Wilson 1955a).

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in grass, sage, bare soil, 1 times found in sparsely vegetated sandbar at river edge, 2 times found in urban area, 1 times found in Roadside; annual grasses, weedy herbs, 1 times found in grassy bald, 1 times found in Hardwoods in lawn, 1 times found in urban roadside, 1 times found in waste ground in urban area, 1 times found in watered lawn area in shrub steppe, 1 times found in road near building, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 17 times Search, 2 times bait pine, 1 times bait trap field, 1 times bait trap pine, 1 times Elm flood plain forest, 1 times pitfall trap, 1 times Squirrel open field

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1625 meters, 452 meters average