Lasius pubescens is a species of ant belonging to the genus Lasius, formerly a part of the genus (now a subgenus) Acanthomyops. Described in 1942 by Buren, the species is native to the United States.[1][2][3]

Lasius pubescens
Lasius pubescens worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Lasius
Species:
L. pubescens
Binomial name
Lasius pubescens
Buren, 1942

References edit

  1. ^ Bolton, B (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 53.
  2. ^ Buren, M.W. (1942). New ants from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Iowa: Iowa State University. p. 405.
  3. ^ Wing, M.W. (1968). Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic genus Acanthomyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). New York: Cornell University. p. 138.

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