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Lasius nipponensis Forel, 1912

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

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References

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.

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

Brachyponera chinensis Emery, 1894

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Yashiro T, Matsuura K, Guénard B, Terayama M, and Dunn R (2010). On the evolution of the species complex Pachycondyla chinensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), including the origin of its invasive form and description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2685, 39–50. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2685.1.3

Schmidt C and Shattuck SO (2014). The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior. Zootaxa, 3817, 1–242. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1

Notomi Y, Kazawa T, Maezawa S, Kanzaki R, and Haupt SS (2022). Use of visual information by ant species occurring in similar urban anthropogenic environments. Zoological Science, 39(6), 529–544. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220035

Lasius morisitai

Lasius morisitai Yamauchi, 1979

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References

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.

Radchenko, A. 2005. A review of the ants of the genus Lasius Fabricius, 1804, subgenus Dendrolasius Ruzsky, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from East Palearctic.”Annales Zoologici. 55(1):83-94.

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

Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2022) Use of visual information by ant species occurring in similar urban anthropogenic environments. Zoological Science 39 (6).