François VANKERKHOVEN, Luc CRÈVECOEUR, Maarten JACOBS, David MULS, and Wouter DEKONINCK (2018)

Is Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850) a very rare ant species? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Bulletin de la Société royale belge d'Entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 154:37-43.

Abstract

Since its description based on a single alate gyne by the German entomologist Arnold Förster, Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850), previously known as Formicina bicornis, has been sporadically observed in the Eurasian region and consequently been characterized as very rare. Here, we present the Belgian situation and we consider some explanations for the status of this species.

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Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Lasius bicornis, faunistics, Belgium

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