Lasius alienus
| Lasius alienus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Lasius Latreille, 1804 |
| Species: | L. alienus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasius alienus Förster, 1850 | |
Lasius alienus, or cornfield ant,[1] is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae (family Formicidae). Workers have a length of about 2–4 mm, Queens 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)[2][3]
References
- ↑ Watschke, Thomas L.; Dernoeden, Peter H.; Shetlar, David J. (2013). Managing Turfgrass Pests, Second Edition. CRC Press. p. 452. ISBN 978-1-4665-5507-5.
- ↑ Database about the size of the genomes of animals.
- ↑ 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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