Lasiini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily

Formicinae The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and littl ...

. There are about 10 genera and more than 450 described species in Lasiini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Lasiini: * '' Cladomyrma'' Wheeler, 1920 * ''

Euprenolepis ''Euprenolepis'' is a Southeast Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae with eight recognized species. Species * '' Euprenolepis echinata'' LaPolla, 2009 * '' Euprenolepis maschwitzi'' LaPolla, 2009 * '' Euprenolepis negrosensis'' (Wheel ...

'' Emery, 1906 * ''

Lasius ''Lasius'' is a genus of formicine ants. The type species for this genus is the black garden ant, '' Lasius niger''. Other major members, which live in drier heathland, are the cornfield ant, '' L. neoniger'', and '' L. alienus''. Other species ...

'' Fabricius, 1804 – cornfield ants, citronella ants * ''

Metalasius ''Metalasius'' is a genus of ants in the tribe Lasiini. Species ''Metalasius'' consists of one extant species and one extinct species. They are as follows. * ''Metalasius myrmidon'' * †''Metalasius pumilus'' References

Formicinae ...

'' Boudinot et al., 2022 * ''

Myrmecocystus ''Myrmecocystus'' is a North American genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It is one of five genera that includes honeypot ants. Worker ants keep and tend plerergates, which are other ants that store large quantities of nutritious fluid ...

'' Wesmael, 1838 – honeypot ants * ''

Nylanderia ''Nylanderia'' is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution with species inhabiting a wide array of habitats in almost all geographic regions. ''Nylanderia'', currently containing over 11 ...

'' Emery, 1906 – crazy ants * ''

Paraparatrechina ''Paraparatrechina'' is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains 39 species distributed in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia. Distribution and habitat The genus is restricted to the Paleotropics. Thirteen sp ...

'' Donisthorpe, 1947 * ''

Paratrechina ''Paratrechina'' is one of seven ant genera (alongside '' Euprenolepis, Nylanderia, Paraparatrechina, Prenolepis, Pseudolasius,'' and '' Zatania'') in the ''Prenolepis'' genus-group from the subfamily Formicinae (tribe Lasiini). Six species ...

'' Motschoulsky, 1863 * ''

Prenolepis ''Prenolepis'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Most species are found in southeastern Asia and southern China, but the genus has a wide distribution with species known from North America, southern Europe, Anatolia, Cuba, Haiti, ...

'' Mayr, 1861 – false honey ants * ''

Pseudolasius ''Pseudolasius'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from southern Asia (from India to China) to northern Australia, where it appears to be restricted to tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surroundin ...

'' Emery, 1887 * ''

Zatania ''Zatania'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from Central America and the Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Ric ...

'' LaPolla et al., 2012

References

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