Lasius mexicanus is a species of ant belonging to the genus Lasius, formerly a part of the genus (now a subgenus) Acanthomyops. Described in 1914 by William Morton Wheeler, the species is native to Mexico.[1][2][3]

Lasius mexicanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Lasius
Species:
L. mexicanus
Binomial name
Lasius mexicanus
Wheeler, 1914

References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 53.
  2. ^ Buren, W.F. (1950). A new Lasius (Acanthomyops) with a key to North American females (PDF). p. 184.
  3. ^ Wheeler, W.M. (1914). Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. pp. 55, worker, queen, male described.