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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Lasius |
| Species: | L. mexicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lasius mexicanus Wheeler, 1914
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References
edit- ^ Bolton, B (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 53.
- ^ Buren, W.F. (1950). A new Lasius (Acanthomyops) with a key to North American females (PDF). p. 184.
- ^ Wheeler, W.M. (1914). Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. pp. 55, worker, queen, male described.