Lasius californicus

Lasius californicus
Lasius californicus worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: L. californicus
Binomial name
Lasius californicus
Wheeler, 1917

Lasius californicus is a species of ant belonging to the genus Lasius, and was formerly apart of the genus Acanthomyops (now a subgenus). Described in 1917 by Wheeler, the species is native to the United States.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Creighton, W (1950). The ants of North America. p. 430.
  2. Buren, W.F. (1950). A new Lasius (Acanthomyops) with a key to North American females. (PDF). p. 184.
  3. Bolton, B (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 53.
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