Lasius alienus

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Lasius alienus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Lasius
Latreille, 1804
Species: L. alienus
Binomial name
Lasius alienus
Förster, 1850

Lasius alienus, is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae (family Formicidae). Workers have a length of about 2–4 mm, females are larger (7–9 mm).

Distribution

They live in Europe, from Spain to the Caucasus.

Genetics

Genome type Lasius alienus: 0,31 m (C value)[1][2]

References

  1. Database about the size of the genomes of animals.
  2. Tsutsui, ND, AV Suarez, J.C. Spagna, and J.S. Johnston (2008). The evolution of genome size in ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 64.
  • Seifert, B. (1992). A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the ant subgenus Lasius s. str. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhand. Be. Naturkundemus. Goerlitz 66 (5): 1-66.
  • Wilson, E. O. (1955). A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius, Ph.D. dissert., Harvard University, 105 p.

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