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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Lasiini
›
Chthonolasius
Chthonolasius
Ruzsky, 1912
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Lasius
Fabricius, 1804
Chtonolasius
Ruzsky, 1912
: 630 [as subgenus of
Lasius
] Type-species:
Formica umbrata
(obsolete combination of
Lasius umbratus
), by subsequent designation of
Emery, 1925d
: 232.
[
Chthonolasius
also described as new by
Ruzsky, 1914a
: 59.]
[Note: the assumption by some authors (e.g.
Emery, 1916b
: 11;
Wheeler, 1916o
: 171 (in text);
Donisthorpe, 1941f
: 37;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 633), that Ruzsky nominated
Formica flava
Fabricius, 1782
as type-species is incorrect.
Ruzsky, 1912
: 630, included those species "with the appearance of the yellow
Lasius
(
Lasius flavus
D.G.) and its closely related species, and races (
Lasius carniolicus
,
Lasius umbratus
,
Lasius myops
,
Lasius mixtus
)". This is not a direct nomination of a type-species, nor is De Geer (= D.G.) the author of
Lasius flavus
(
Bolton, 1995b
: 24).]
Chthonolasius
: justified emendation of spelling by
Ruzsky, 1914a
: 59;
Wheeler, 1916o
: 170.
Chthonolasius
as junior synonym of
Formicina
:
Wheeler, 1916o
: 172;
Emery, 1916b
: 11;
Emery, 1916a
: 241.
Chthonolasius
as subgenus of
Acanthomyops
:
Forel, 1916
: 460;
Donisthorpe, 1927c
: 254;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 633.
Chthonolasius
as subgenus of
Lasius
:
Ruzsky, 1912
: 630;
Ruzsky, 1914a
: 59;
Wheeler, 1922
: 698;
Emery, 1925d
: 231;
Wilson, 1955a
: 13; subsequent authors;
Bolton, 1995b
: 24;
Bolton, 2003
: 97.
Chthonolasius
as junior synonym of
Lasius
:
Brown, 1973b
: 179 [provisional];
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 18;
Tang
et al.
, 1995
: 108;
Boudinot
et al.
, 2022
: 135.
Obsolete classifications
Acanthomyops (Chthonolasius)
Lasius (Chthonolasius)
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.
2003.
Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
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
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1973b.
A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas.
Pp. 161-185 in:
Meggers, B. J.
;
Ayensu, E. S.
;
Duckworth, W. D.
(eds.) 1973.
Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1927c.
British ants, their life history and classification (2nd edn.).
London: G. Routledge and Sons, xvi + 436 pp.
Donisthorpe, H.
1941f.
Glanures myrmecologiques. [concl.].
Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 53:36-38.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1943g.
A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part].
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:617-688.
Emery, C.
1916a ("1915").
Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae.
Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47:79-275.
PDF
Emery, C.
1916b.
Formiche d'Italia nuove o critiche.
Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)20:53-66.
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Forel, A.
1916.
Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460.
PDF
Hölldobler, B.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1990.
The ants.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Ruzsky, M.
1912.
Myrmecological notes. [In Russian.].
Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskago Veterinarnago Instituta 29:629-636.
PDF
Ruzsky, M.
1914a ("1913").
Myrmekologische Notizen.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(9):58-63.
PDF
Tang, J.
;
Li, S.
;
Huang, E.
;
Zhang, B.
;
Chen, Y.
1995.
Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). [In Chinese.].
Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp.
Wheeler, W. M.
1916o.
Questions of nomenclature connected with the ant genus
Lasius
and its subgenera.
Psyche (Cambridge) 23:168-173.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Wilson, E. O.
1955a.
A monographic revision of the ant genus
Lasius
.
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