Lasius americanus

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Lasius americanus Emery, 1893 valid

Lasius niger var. americanus Emery, 1893k: 639 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Virginia). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wilson, 1955a: 86). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Virginia, 1.vii.1885 (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MSNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers, 3 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 1955a: 86.
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c: 147 (l.)
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1916o: 172; Wheeler, 1917a: 525; Wheeler, 1917k: 463; Emery, 1925d: 230; Essig, 1926: 866; Smith, 1930a: 5; Menozzi, 1932b: 311; Smith, 1951c: 850.
Junior synonym of Lasius alienus: Wilson, 1955a: 77; Smith, 1958c: 147; Smith, 1979: 1435; Bolton, 1995b: 221; Coovert, 2005: 120; Radchenko, 2016: 362.
Subspecies of Lasius niger: Forel, 1900h: 285; Wheeler, 1904f: 305; Wheeler, 1905j: 393; Wheeler, 1906g: 12; Wheeler, 1906i: 343; Wheeler, 1908i: 623; Wheeler, 1910a: 569; Santschi, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, 1913d: 116; Wheeler, 1916r: 592; Cole, 1936a: 37; Cole, 1937b: 137; Dennis, 1938: 295; Wing, 1939: 164; Cole, 1942: 374; Buren, 1944a: 296; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944: 253.
Subspecies of Lasius alienus: Creighton, 1950a: 419.
Status as species: Gregg, 1945: 530; Schär et al., 2018: 6.

Obsolete combinations

Lasius niger americanus

Citations

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