Lasius mixtus
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Lasius mixtus is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae.[1]
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Lasius mixtus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Lasius |
Species: | L. mixtus |
Binomial name | |
Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846) | |
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It is native to Europe and Northern America. It is primarily subterranean and socially parasitic. Distinguished from similar species lasius umbratus by the lack or erect or suberect hairs on the scapes and tibiae, and lower petiolar apex.[1]