page_title: Lasius
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Lasius / Species
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Lasius niger Kolonie mit Königin, Arbeiterinnen und Brut Svenska: Lasius niger koloni med en drottning och arbetare
context_page_description: 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 include the temporary social parasites of the L. mixtus group and the hyper-social parasite Lasius fuliginosus. Lasius flavus is also a commonly seen species, building grassy hillocks in undisturbed pasture. In the Alps, these mounds - always aligned east to catch the first rays of the rising sun - have been traditionally used by goatherds as natural compasses.
context_section_description: Lasius affinis (Schenck, 1852)
  Lasius alienoflavus Bingham, 1903
  Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
  Lasius americanus Emery 1893
  †Lasius anthracinus (Heer, 1867)
  Lasius aphidicola (Walsh, 1863)
  Lasius arizonicus Wheeler, 1917
  Lasius atopus Cole, 1958
  Lasius austriacus Schlick-Steiner, Steiner, Schödl & Seifert, 2003
  Lasius balcanicus [no authors], 1988
  Lasius balearicus Talavera, Espadaler & Vila, 2014
  Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)
  Lasius brevicornis Emery 1893
  Lasius breviscapus Seifert, 1992
  Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
  Lasius buccatus Stärcke, 1942
  Lasius bureni (Wing, 1968)
  Lasius californicus Wheeler, 1917
  Lasius capitatus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927)
  Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
  †Lasius chambonensis Piton & Théobald, 1935
  Lasius cinereus Seifert, 1992
  Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
  Lasius claviger (Roger, 1862)
  Lasius colei (Wing, 1968)
  Lasius coloradensis Wheeler, 1917
  Lasius coloratus Santschi, 1937
  Lasius creightoni (Wing, 1968)
  Lasius crinitus (Smith, 1858)
  Lasius crispus Wilson, 1955
  Lasius crypticus Wilson, 1955
  Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
  Lasius draco Collingwood, 1982
  Lasius elevatus Bharti & Gul, 2013
  Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
  †Lasius epicentrus Théobald, 1937
  Lasius escamole Reza, 1925
  Lasius exulans Fabricius, 1804
  Lasius fallax Wilson, 1955
  Lasius flavescens Forel, 1904
  Lasius flavoniger Seifert, 1992
  Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
  Lasius fuji Radchenko, 2005
  Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
  Lasius gebaueri Seifert, 1992
  †Lasius globularis (Heer, 1849)
  Lasius grandis Forel, 1909
  Lasius hayashi Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970
  Lasius hikosanus Yamauchi, 1979
  Lasius himalayanus Bingham, 1903
  Lasius hirsutus Seifert, 1992
  Lasius humilis Wheeler, 1917
  Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
  †Lasius inflatus (Zhang, 1989)
  Lasius interjectus Mayr, 1866
  Lasius japonicus Santschi, 1941
  Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
  Lasius karpinisi Seifert, 1992
  Lasius koreanus Seifert, 1992
  Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
  Lasius latipes (Walsh, 1863)
  Lasius lawarai Seifert, 1992
  †Lasius longaevus (Heer, 1849)
  Lasius longiceps [no authors], 1988
  Lasius longicirrus Chang & He, 2002
  †Lasius longipennis (Heer, 1849)
  Lasius magnus Seifert, 1992
  Lasius mellea (Provancher, 1881)
  Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
  Lasius mexicanus Wheeler, 1914
  Lasius mikir Collingwood, 1982
  Lasius minutus Emery, 1893
  Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
  Lasius monticola (Buckley, 1866)
  †Lasius mordicus Zhang, 1989
  Lasius morisitai Yamauchi, 1979
  Lasius murphyi Forel, 1901
  Lasius myops Forel, 1894
  Lasius myrmidon Mei, 1998
  Lasius nearcticus Wheeler, 1906
  Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
  †Lasius nemorivagus Wheeler, 1915
  Lasius neoniger Emery, 1893
  Lasius nevadensis Cole, 1956
  Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Lasius nigrescens Stitz, 1930
  Lasius nipponensis Forel, 1912
  Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1996
  †Lasius oblongus Assmann, 1870
  Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930
  †Lasius obscurus (Heer, 1849)
  Lasius occidentalis Wheeler, 1909
  †Lasius occultatus (Heer, 1849)
  †Lasius ophthalmicus (Heer, 1849)
  Lasius orientalis Karavaiev, 1912
  Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher, 1881)
  Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
  †Lasius peritulus (Cockerell, 1927)
  Lasius piliferus Seifert, 1992
  Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
  Lasius plumopilosus Buren, 1941
  Lasius pogonogynus Buren, 1950
  Lasius productus Wilson, 1955
  Lasius przewalskii Ruzsky, 1915
  Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
  Lasius pubescens Buren, 1942
  †Lasius pumilus Mayr, 1868
  †Lasius punctulatus Mayr, 1868
  Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)
  Lasius reginae Faber, 1967
  Lasius rubiginosa (Latreille, 1802)
  Lasius ruficornis (Fabricius, 1804)
  Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)
  Lasius sakagamii Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970
  Lasius schaeferi Seifert, 1992
  †Lasius schiefferdeckeri Mayr, 1868
  Lasius schulzi Seifert, 1992
  Lasius sitiens Wilson, 1955
  Lasius sonobei Yamauchi, 1979
  Lasius spathepus Wheeler, 1910
  Lasius speculiventris Emery, 1893
  Lasius subglaber Emery, 1893
  Lasius subumbratus Viereck, 1903
  Lasius talpa Wilson, 1955
  Lasius tebessae Seifert, 1992
  †Lasius tertiarius Zalessky, 1949
  †Lasius truncatus Zhang, 1989
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caption: Black garden ant, Lasius niger
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