Here, I show specimen photos of trap-jaw ants. Hover your mouse over the images to zoom in. The intricate details are beautifully captured through focus stacking. Please take your time to explore and enjoy every detail.
The specimen was collected in Taiwan. This species is also found in Japan.
Iriomote-island.
Iriomote I. in Japan.
Collected by T. Nozaki
Collected from Nagano in Japan
Collected by T. Nozaki
Collected by T. Nozaki
Collected from Hokkai-do in Japan
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.
The application of scientific names follows Yamane et al., 2024.
Iriomote I. in Japan.
Terayama M, Kubota S, and Eguchi K (2014) Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.
Yamane S, Hosoishi S, and Ito F (2024). Taxonomic study on the queens of the Japanese ponerine genera, with a redescription of Ectomomyrmex horni restituted as a valid species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 249–267. https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.017
Iriomote I. in Japan.