Metalasius myrmidon
(Mei, 1998)
valid
Lasius myrmidon
Mei, 1998:
177, figs. 1-11 (w.)
GREECE (Evia).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Greece: southern Evia I., vic. Stirna, 29.iii.1983 (S. Zoia). Primary type depository: MZUR.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 60 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 23 paratype workers with same data as holotype (sample C), 30 paratype workers southern Evia I., vic. Zarakos, 1.iv.1983 (sample A) (S. Zoia), 7 paratype workers southern Evia I., along road from Platanistos to Komiton, 30.iii.1983 (sample B) (S. Zoia). Secondary type depositories: MMCR, MZUR, SMNG.
- Combination in Metalasius: Boudinot et al., 2022: 141.
- Status as species: Legakis, 2011: 27; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 503; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 357; Borowiec, 2014: 88; Lebas et al., 2016: 204; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 45; Boudinot et al., 2022: 141; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 211 (redescription).
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
- Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2012. Ants of Greece – checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 23 (4):461-563. PDF
- Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2013. Ants of Greece – additions and corrections (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 24 (3-4):335-401. PDF
- Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 1: text. Bytom: Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, 1-297. PDF
- Boudinot, B. E.; Borowiec, M. L.; Prebus, M. M. 2022. Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47:113-151. 10.1111/syen.12522 PDF
- Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
- Legakis, A. 2011. Annotated list of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Greece. Hellenic Zoological Archives 7:1-55. PDF
- Mei, M. 1998. Lasius (Cautolasius) myrmidon n. sp.: a new hypogaeic ant from Greece (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 130:177-182. PDF
- Salata, S.; Borowiec, L. 2018c. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 27 (008):1-51. 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae