Lasius mixtus (Nylander 1846)

Formica mixta Nylander, 1846b PDF: 1050 (w.q.m.) FINLAND. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Lasius: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 50 (in key).Combination in Donisthorpea: Donisthorpe, 1915f: 236.Combination in Lasius (Lasius): Forel, 1915d: 52.Combination in Formicina: Emery, 1916b PDF: 63; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 32.Combination in Formicina (Formicina): Emery, 1916a PDF: 242.Combination in Lasius (Formicina): Wheeler, 1916o PDF: 172; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 463.Combination in Chthonolasius: Kulmatycki, 1922 PDF: 79; Ruzsky, 1936 PDF: 91.Combination in Acanthomyops: Ruzsky, 1925b PDF: 45.Combination in Acanthomyops (Chthonolasius): Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1064.Combination in Lasius (Chthonolasius): Ruzsky, 1912 PDF: 633; Ruzsky, 1914a PDF: 59; Emery, 1925d PDF: 234; Karavaiev, 1936: 211; Wilson, 1955a PDF: 150.Junior synonym of Lasius umbratus: Wilson, 1955a PDF: 150; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 363; Smith, 1979: 1439; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 127 (error).Subspecies of Lasius umbratus: Forel, 1874 PDF: 47; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 453; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 430; Lameere, 1892: 65; Emery, 1893m PDF: 191 (footnote); Emery, 1893k PDF: 640; Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 71; Saunders, 1896 PDF: 24; Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 305; Ruzsky, 1905b: 288; Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 397; Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 13; Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 485; Wheeler, 1910h PDF: 239; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 569; Karavaiev, 1912b PDF: 587; Stitz, 1914 PDF: 86; Emery, 1914c PDF: 159; Ruzsky, 1914a PDF: 61; Forel, 1915d: 52 (in key); Wheeler, 1916o PDF: 172; Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 528; Wheeler, 1917h PDF: 167; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 463; Escherich, 1917: 333 (in key); Emery, 1922b PDF: 13; Kulmatycki, 1922 PDF: 79; Soudek, 1922b PDF: 72; Emery, 1925d PDF: 234; Ruzsky, 1925a PDF: 288; Ruzsky, 1925b PDF: 45; Schkaff, 1925b PDF: 276; Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 123 (in key); Karavaiev, 1927d: 279 (in key); Wheeler, 1928d PDF: 120; Smith, 1928c PDF: 277; Karavaiev, 1931e PDF: 215; Arnol'di, 1933a: 603 (in key); Cole, 1936a PDF: 37; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 296; Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 101; Teranishi, 1940: 22; Cole, 1942 PDF: 375; Smith, 1951c PDF: 852; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 202; Ceballos, 1956: 317.Status as species: Foerster, 1850a: 41, 72; Schenck, 1852 PDF: 64; Mayr, 1855 PDF: 367 (redescription); Nylander, 1856b PDF: 70; Gredler, 1858 PDF: 15; Smith, 1858a PDF: 9; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 50 (in key); Meinert, 1861: 319; Roger, 1863b PDF: 12; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 426; Dours, 1873 PDF: 165; André, 1874b: 180 (in key); Emery, 1878: 47; André, 1882c PDF: 196 (in key); Nasonov, 1889: 24; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 187; Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 15; Ruzsky, 1903c PDF: 207; Forel, 1904g PDF: 424; Wasmann, 1906 PDF: 114 (in key); Bondroit, 1912 PDF: 352; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 236; Emery, 1916a PDF: 242; Ruzsky, 1916: 5; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 32; Bondroit, 1920a PDF: 143; Müller, 1923b PDF: 123 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1927c: 276; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 317; Ruzsky, 1936 PDF: 91; Stärcke, 1937 PDF: 52; Stitz, 1939: 295; Holgersen, 1940 PDF: 185; Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 103 (in key); Holgersen, 1943c PDF: 174 (in key); Holgersen, 1944a PDF: 182; Ruzsky, 1946 PDF: 70; Van Boven, 1947b PDF: 185 (in key); Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list); Azuma, 1953 PDF: 4; Collingwood, 1962c PDF: 219; Collingwood, 1963b PDF: 149; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 80; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 211; Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 166; Banert & Pisarski, 1972 PDF: 354; Bourne, 1973 PDF: 26; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 7 (in key); Pisarski, 1975: 38; Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 151; Kutter, 1977c: 233; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 556 (in key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 90 (in key); Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 106; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 282 (in key); Nilsson & Douwes, 1987: 71; Seifert, 1988a PDF: 145 (redescription); Seifert, 1990 PDF: 11; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c PDF: 434; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 249; Radchenko, 1994b: 115 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 224; Douwes, 1995: 94; Poldi et al., 1995: 8; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 28; Gallé et al., 1998: 217; Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 115; Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 170; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 149; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 68; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 106 (in key); Bračko, 2007 PDF: 20; Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 34; Seifert, 2007: 281; Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 142; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007 PDF: 235; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 135; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 484; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 39; Boer, 2010: 39; Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 27; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 502; Czechowski et al., 2012: 283; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 13; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 87; Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 20; Lebas et al., 2016: 206; Radchenko, 2016: 377; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 45; Seifert, 2018: 283.

Animal / sequestrates
queen (newly mated) of Lasius fuliginosus takes over nest of Lasius mixtus

Animal / sequestrates
queen (newly mated) of Lasius mixtus takes over nest of Lasius niger s.l.

Animal / sequestrates
queen (newly mated) of Lasius mixtus takes over nest of Lasius alienus s.l.

Records

(Map 54): Bulgaria ( Emery 1914 , Seifert 1988b ); Central Predbalkan: Dermantsi vill. (Lukovit) ( Atanassov 1936 ), Lovech ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Western Stara Planina Mts:Chepan Mt. (Dragoman) ( Borisova et al. 2005 ); Central Stara Planina Mts: Teteven ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Eastern Stara Planina Mts: Kotel ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Zemen Gorge: Zemen station ( Atanassov 1936 ); Osogovska Planina Mt.: Kyustendil ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Boboshevo-Simitli Valley: Kocherinovo ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Mesta Valley: Gotse Delchev district ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ).

Lasius mixtus is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae.

It is native to Europe and Northern America.