Lasius alienus

Lasius alienus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Lasius
Latreille, 1804
Species: L. alienus
Binomial name
Lasius alienus
Förster, 1850

Lasius alienus, or cornfield ant,[1] is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae (family Formicidae). Workers have a length of about 2–4 mm, females are larger (7–9 mm).

Distribution

They live in Europe, from Spain to the Caucasus.

Genetics

Genome type Lasius alienus: 0,31 m (C value)[2][3]

References

  1. Watschke, Thomas L.; Dernoeden, Peter H.; Shetlar, David J. (2013). Managing Turfgrass Pests, Second Edition. CRC Press. p. 452. ISBN 978-1-4665-5507-5.
  2. Database about the size of the genomes of animals.
  3. Tsutsui, ND, AV Suarez, J.C. Spagna, and J.S. Johnston (2008). The evolution of genome size in ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 64.

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