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Lasius Fabricius

Description

Lasius Fabricius

americanus Emery. Alleghany, Amherst, Bland, Caroline, Carroll, Chesapeake, Fairfax, Fauquier, Giles,

Gloucester, Halifax, Hanover, Henry, Henrico, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Nelson,

Norfolk, Northampton, Patrick, Prince Edward, Prince William, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Scott,

Shenandoah, Southampton, Suffolk, Sussex, Virginia Beach, Washington, York (FMNH, MCZ, MMPC,

RUIC, USNM, USNPS, VMNH, VPISU). Literature records: Augusta, Fairfax, Giles, Virginia Beach (Cole

1949, Wang et al. 2000, Kjar & Barrows 2004, Kjar 2009, Guenard & Drew 2011, Kjar & Park 2016),

Virginia ” (Mayr 1886, Peck et al. 1998, Guenard et al. 2012). aphidicola (Walsh). Albemarle, Appomattox, Augusta, Caroline, Chesapeake, Dickenson, Fairfax, Fauquier,

Franklin, Giles, Greensville, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Montgomery, Norfolk, Northampton,

Prince William, Pulaski, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Suffolk, Sussex, Virginia Beach (FMNH, MCZ,

RUIC, USNM, VMNH, VPISU), “ Virginia ” (NMSU). Literature records: Augusta, Fairfax (Wang et al.

2000, Kjar 2009, Kjar & Park 2016), “ Virginia ” (Mayr 1886, Emery 1893, Wheeler 1910c, Peck et al. 1998,

Guenard et al. 2012). brevicornis Emery. Arlington, Chesapeake, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Floyd, Franklin, Halifax, Isle of Wight,

Louisa, Northampton, Pittsylvania, Prince William, Suffolk, Sussex, Wythe (MCZ, USNM, VMNH).

Literature records: Giles (Cole 1949), “ Virginia ” (Mayr 1886, Emery 1893, Revis & Waller 2004). claviger (Roger). Albemarle, Appomattox, Augusta, Charles City, Chesapeake, Dinwiddie, Fairfax,

Fauquier, Floyd, Frederick, Giles, Hanover, Henry, Henrico, Isle of Wight, Madison, Montgomery,

Patrick, Prince William, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Sussex, Tazewell, Virginia Beach,

Westmoreland (FMNH, JTLC, MCZ, RUIC, USNM, VMNH, VPISU), “ Virginia ” (INHS). Literature

records: Fairfax (Kjar 2009), “ Virginia ” (Mayr 1886, Emery 1893, Wing 1968, Guenard et al. 2012). interjectus Mayr. Campbell, Fairfax, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Montgomery, Patrick, Prince George,

Rockbridge, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Suffolk, Virginia Beach (MCZ, MMPC, VMNH, VPISU),

Virginia ” (INHS). Literature records: “ Virginia ” (Mayr 1886, Emery 1893, Wing 1968, Guenard et al.

2012). latipes (Walsh). Literature records: “ Virginia ” (Emery 1893). minutus Emery. Literature records: Fairfax (Wilson 1955), “ Virginia ” (Mayr 1886, Smith, D.R. 1979, Coovert

2005, Ellison et al. 2012, Guenard et al. 2012). * murphyi Forel. Fairfax: 38.9011° N, - 77.2656° W, 30.viii.1943, JC Bridwell leg., no determination information

available (OSUC: OSUC53970); Patrick: Route 720, S of Blue Ridge Parkway, mile 170, 16.x.1993, K

Hedlund leg., K Hedlund det. December 1993 (MCZ: MCZENT557362). nearcticus Wheeler, W.M. Caroline, Fauquier, Franklin, Greene, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah

(MCZ, USNPS, VMNH). Literature records: Augusta (Wang et al. 2000), “ Virginia ” (Guenard et al. 2012). neoniger Emery. Albemarle, Augusta, Clarke, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Isle

of Wight, Montgomery, Northampton, Patrick, Shenandoah, Virginia Beach, Washington, York (FMNH,

JTLC, MCZ, MMPC, RUIC, USNM, VMNH, VPISU). Literature records: Fairfax (Wilson 1955), “ Virginia

(Peck et al. 1998, Guenard et al. 2012). subumbratus Viereck. Literature records: Fairfax (Kjar 2009), “ Virginia ” (Guenard et al. 2012).

Notes

Published as part of Ivanov, Kaloyan, Hightower, Liberty, Dash, Shawn T. & Keiper, Joe B., 2019, 150 years in the making: first comprehensive list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Virginia, USA, pp. 532-560 in Zootaxa 4554 (2) on page 542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/2623956

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FMNH , FMNH, MCZ, MMPC
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Lasius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Taxon rank
genus

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