Lasius microgyna

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Lasius microgyna (Bondroit, 1918) junior synonym of current valid taxon Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)

Formicina microgyna Bondroit, 1918: 33, figs. 16, 17 (q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: France: Aveyron, Saint Affrique (E. Rabaud) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wilson, 1955a: 183; no lectotype designated), France: Pyrénées Orientales, col de Banyuls (J. Bondroit). Primary type depository: ISNB. Type notes: 1) Wilson, 1955a: 185, says that a lectotype has been selected, but provides no further data. 2) Other original syntype locality: France: Pyrénées Orientales, col de Banyuls (J. Bondroit). 3) Bondroit, 1918: 34, says “I believe that the Lasius microgyna is the same species as the “bicornis” from Naples cited by Emery”.

Combination in Lasius (Chthonolasius): Emery, 1925d: 233.
Status as species: Bondroit, 1920a: 143; Stärcke, 1926a: 122 (in key).
Subspecies of Lasius bicornis: Emery, 1925d: 233; Stärcke, 1937: 56.
Junior synonym of Lasius bicornis: Vandel, 1926: 197; Wilson, 1955a: 183; Bernard, 1967a: 365; Seifert, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 224; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 483; Radchenko, 2016: 378.

Obsolete combinations

Formicina microgyna

Citations

Bernard, F. 1967a ("1968"). Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen. 3. Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale. Paris: Masson, 411 pp. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87:1-174. PDF
Bondroit, J. 1920a ("1919"). Notes diverses sur des fourmis d'Europe. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 59:143-158. PDF
Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 114:475-510. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
Seifert, B. 1990. Supplementation to the revision of European species of the ant subgenus Chthonolasius Ruzsky, 1913 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Doriana 6(271):1-13. PDF
Stärcke, A. 1926a. Determineertabel voor werkmieren uit Nederland en omliggend gebied, met inbegrip der in kassen zich voortplantende exoten. Levende Natuur 31:79-95, 117-125, 146-151. PDF
Stärcke, A. 1937. Retouches sur quelques fourmis d'Europe. II. Lasius groupe umbratus Nylander. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 80:38-72. PDF
Vandel, A. 1926. Fourmis françaises rares ou peu connues. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1926:196-198. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1955a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113:1-201. PDF

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