Lasius orientalis

Lasius orientalis

Lasius orientalis Karavaiev, 1912

Worker

Lasius orientalis
Lasius orientalis
Lasius orientalis
Lasius orientalis
Lasius orientalis
Lasius orientalis

Collected by T. Nozaki

Queen

Male

Lasius orientalis
Lasius orientalis
Lasius orientalis

Collected by T. Nozaki

Distribution and habitat

Collected from Hokkai-do in Japan

References

 Yamauchi, K. (1979). Taxonomical and ecological studies on the ant genus Lasius in Japan (HymenopteraFormicidae). I. Taxonomy. Sci. Rep. Fac. Educ. Gifu Univ. (Nat. Sci.), 6, 147-181.

Maruyama, M. (2005) A new synonym in the subgenus Dendrolasius of the genus Lasius (HymenopteraFormicidaeFormicinae). Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, Ser. A, 31: 115-117.

Paratrechina longicornis

Paratrechina longicornis

Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802

Worker

Paratrechina longicornis
Paratrechina longicornis
Paratrechina longicornis
Paratrechina longicornis
Paratrechina longicornis

Queen

Male

Gallery

Distribution and habitat

Iriomote I. in Japan.

Behavior

Run very fast.

References

Camponotus monju

Camponotus monju

Camponotus monju Terayama, 1999

Worker

Camponotus monju
Camponotus monju
Camponotus monju
Camponotus monju
Camponotus monju
Camponotus monju
Camponotus monju
Camponotus monju

Queen

Male

Gallery

Distribution and habitat

Iriomote I. in Japan.

References

Camponotus obscuripes

Camponotus obscuripes

Camponotus obscuripes Mayr, 1879

Worker

Camponotus obscuripes
Camponotus obscuripes
Camponotus obscuripes
Camponotus obscuripes

Queen

Male

References

Mayr, G. 1879. “Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens.” Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 28: 645-686.

Lasius talpa

Lasius talpa

Lasius talpa Wilson, 1955

Worker

Lasius talpa
Lasius talpa
Lasius talpa
Lasius talpa

Distinguishable from other species of the subgenus by the many erect hairs on the antennal scapes and tibiae.

Queen

Male

Gallery

References

Wilson, E. O. 1955. “A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius.” Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv., 113, 1-201.

Polyergus samurai

Polyergus samurai

Polyergus samurai Yano, 1911

Worker

Polyergus samurai
Polyergus samurai
Polyergus samurai

Queen

Male

References

Yano, M. 1911. “A new slave-making ant from Japan.” Psyche 18: 110-112.

Lasius sakagamii

Lasius sakagamii

Lasius sakagamii Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1979

Worker

Queen

Lasius sakagamii
Lasius sakagamii
Lasius sakagamii

Male

References

K. Yamauchi, K. Hayashida. 1970. Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Lasius in Hokkaido, with Ethological and Ecological Notes (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). : II. The Subgenus Lasius (With 7 Text-figures and 5 Tables). JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY Series VI. ZOOLOGY, 17(3): 501-519

Yamauchi, K. 1979. Taxonomical and ecological studies on the ant genus Lasius in Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). I. Taxonomy. Sci. Rep. Fac. Educ. Gifu Univ. (Nat. Sci.), 6, 147-181