Lasius

very many, see text

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Lasius Latr. is a genus of boreal formicine ants.

Related Topics:
Latr. - Genus - Boreal - Formicine - Ant

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Included within this genus is the common black garden ant, Lasius niger, and its close relative from dry heathland, L. alienus.

Related Topics:
Lasius niger - Heathland - L. alienus

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Other species include the temporary social parasites of the L. mixtus group and the hyper-social parasite Lasius fuliginosus.

Related Topics:
''L. mixtus'' group - Lasius fuliginosus

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Lasius flavus is also a commonly seen species, building grassy hillocks in undisturbed pasture. In the alps these mounds - always aligned east to catch the first rays of the rising sun - have been traditionally used by goatherds as natural compasses.

Related Topics:
Lasius flavus - Compass

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The genus was renamed by Horace St. John Kelly Donisthorpe, the eccentric British myrmecologist and coleopterist, after himself Donisthorpea.

Related Topics:
Genus - British - Myrmecologist - Coleopterist

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Synonyms: Donisthorpea Donisthorpe

Related Topics:
Donisthorpea - Donisthorpe

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