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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Lasius claviger
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Lasius
claviger
(Roger, 1862)
valid
Formica clavigera
Roger, 1862a
: 241, pl. 1, fig. 13 (q.) U.S.A. (Pennsylvania). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 2 syntype queens. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Pennsylvania (
Schaum
). Primary type depository:
MNHU
.
Mayr, 1870b
: 950 (w.m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c
: 155 (l.)
Combination in
Acanthomyops
:
Mayr, 1862
: 700;
Donisthorpe, 1916e
: 276;
Creighton, 1950a
: 429;
Wing, 1968a
: 67
Combination in
Lasius (Acanthomyops)
:
Emery, 1893k
: 642;
Emery, 1925d
: 237.
Combination in
Lasius
:
Mayr, 1870b
: 950;
Cresson, 1887
: 256;
Ward, 2005
: 13.
Status as species:
Mayr, 1862
: 700;
Mayr, 1863a
: 394;
Roger, 1863b
: 11;
Mayr, 1870b
: 950;
Mayr, 1886d
: 430;
Cresson, 1887
: 257;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 183;
Emery, 1893k
: 642;
Wheeler, 1904f
: 305;
Wheeler, 1905j
: 398;
Wheeler, 1906g
: 14;
Wheeler, 1908i
: 623;
Wheeler, 1910a
: 569;
Donisthorpe, 1916e
: 276;
Wheeler, 1916o
: 172;
Wheeler, 1916r
: 594;
Wheeler, 1917a
: 533;
Wheeler, 1917k
: 463;
Emery, 1925d
: 237;
Cheesman & Crawley, 1928
: 525;
Smith, 1930a
: 5;
Smith, 1931a
: 23;
Wheeler, 1932a
: 16;
Wheeler, 1932g
: 18;
Dennis, 1938
: 296;
Wing, 1939
: 164;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944
: 256;
Buren, 1944a
: 298;
Creighton, 1950a
: 429;
Buren, 1950
: 189 (in key);
Smith, 1951c
: 853;
Cole, 1954g
: 284;
Smith, 1958c
: 150;
Carter, 1962a
: 7 (in list);
Beck
et al.
, 1967
: 68;
Smith, 1967a
: 368;
Wing, 1968a
: 67 (redescription);
Regnier & Wilson, 1968
: 955;
Smith, 1979
: 1440;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988
: 145;
Wheeler
et al.
, 1994
: 305;
Bolton, 1995b
: 53;
Deyrup, 2003
: 44;
Coovert, 2005
: 129;
Ward, 2005
: 13;
Ellison
et al.
, 2012
: 190;
Deyrup, 2017
: 207.
Senior synonym of
Lasius parvula
:
Wing, 1968a
: 67;
Smith, 1979
: 1440;
Bolton, 1995b
: 53;
Coovert, 2005
: 129.
Junior synonyms
Lasius parvula
Smith, 1934
Obsolete combinations
Formica clavigera
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