Lasius Fabricius, 1804
(a genus of ants)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Lasius brunneus
Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant
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 		Species 5 images
Lasius flavus
Yellow Meadow Ant
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 		Species 6 images
Lasius fuliginosus
Jet Ant, Jet Black Ant
Species 1 ident. refs
Lasius meridionalis
an ant
Species 1 ident. refs
Lasius mixtus
an ant
Species 1 ident. refs
Lasius niger
Small Black Ant
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 		Species 32 images 2 ident. refs
Lasius platythorax
a small black ant
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 		Species 4 images 2 ident. refs
Lasius sabularum
an ant
Species 1 ident. refs
Lasius umbratus
an ant
Species 1 ident. refs
Lasius (unidentified)
Unidentified Lasius Ants
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 		Unidentified 2 images
[Lasius niger s.l.]
small black ants
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 		Informal 2 subtaxa 38 images 10 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLasius (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyFORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Seiffert, B. 1992 A Taxonomic Revision of the Palaearctic Members of the Ant Subgenus Lasius s. str. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Vol 66(5): 1-67.

Lasius (a genus of ants) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lasius (a genus of ants)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 50 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lasius (a genus of ants)
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