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species
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Lasius meridionalis
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Japanese Name
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Higenaga-ameiro-ke-ari
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Original Reference
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Bondroit, J. (1920) Notes diverses sur les fourmis d'Europe. Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 59: 143-158.
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Synonym
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Formicina meridionalis Bondroit (Bondroit, 1919) ,
Lasius umbratus var. meridionalis (Bondroit)(Viehmeyer in Emery, 1922) ,
Lasius rabaudi Bondroit (Wilson, 1955) ,
Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit)(Pisarski, 1975) ,
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Description
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Total length of workers around 4 - 4.5 mm. Color yellow. This species differs from L. hikosanus in possessing a straight posterior margin to the propodeum when viewed in profile. Its workers are difficult to distinguish from those of L. umbratus, but the females differ from those of umbratus by their relatively long, flattened scapes, which carry many long, erect hairs.
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Remarks
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This species is found in forests and at forest margins; it nests in tree trunks, near the roots of standing trees. It might be a temporary social parasite of L. japonicus and L. hayashi. Nuptial flights occur from July to September.
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Distribution
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu; Europe.
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References
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- Notes diverses sur les fourmis d'Europe. Annales de la SociŽtŽ Entomologique de Belgique 59: 143-158.
- Wilson, E. O. (1955). A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. . Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv., 113, 1-201.
- Emery, C. (1922). Hymenoptera, fam. Formicidae, subfam. Myrmicinae. . In P. Wytsman, ed., ""Genera Insectorum"", fasc. , 174B-C, 95-397, .
- Pisarski, B. (1975). Mrowki, Formicoidea. Katalog Fauny Polski 26: 84 pp. Warszawa.
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Editor
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Original text by Mamoru Terayama and Katsusuke Yamauchi. English translation by Mamoru Terayama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.
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