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Lasiini is a tribe of ants in the family Formicidae. There are about 10 genera and more than 450 described species in Lasiini.


Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Lasiini: * ''
Acanthomyops ''Lasius'' is a genus of formicine ants. The type species for this genus is the black garden ant, ''Lasius niger''. Other major members, which live in drier heathland, are the cornfield ant, '' L. neoniger'', and '' L. alienus''. Other species i ...
'' Mayr, 1862 * ''
Anoplolepis ''Anoplolepis'', also known as the "pugnacious ants", is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and tribe Lasiini. The genus is mainly found in the Afrotropics, with a few native species known from the Malagasy and Oriental regions (and so ...
'' Santschi, 1914 * ''
Euprenolepis ''Euprenolepis'' is a Southeast Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae with eight recognized species. Species * ''Euprenolepis echinata'' LaPolla, 2009 * ''Euprenolepis maschwitzi'' LaPolla, 2009 * ''Euprenolepis negrosensis'' (Wheeler ...
'' Emery, 1906 * ''
Lasius ''Lasius'' is a genus of formicine ants. The type species for this genus is the black garden ant, ''Lasius niger''. Other major members, which live in drier heathland, are the cornfield ant, '' L. neoniger'', and '' L. alienus''. Other species i ...
'' Fabricius, 1804 – cornfield ants, citronella ants * ''
Myrmecocystus ''Myrmecocystus'' is a North American genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It is one of five genera that includes honeypot ants. Worker ants keep and tend plerergates, which are other ants that store large quantities of nutritious fluid in ...
'' Wesmael, 1838 – honeypot ants * ''
Nylanderia ''Nylanderia'' is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution with species inhabiting a wide array of habitats in almost all geographic regions. ''Nylanderia'', currently containing over 1 ...
'' Emery, 1906 – crazy ants * ''
Paratrechina ''Paratrechina'' is one of seven ant Genus, genera (alongside ''Euprenolepis, Nylanderia, Paraparatrechina, Prenolepis, Pseudolasius,'' and ''Zatania'') in the Prenolepis genus-group, ''Prenolepis'' genus-group from the subfamily Formicinae (Trib ...
'' Motschoulsky, 1863 * ''
Prenolepis ''Prenolepis'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Most species are found in southeastern Asia and southern China, but the genus has a wide distribution with species known from North America, southern Europe, Anatolia, Cuba, Haiti, ...
'' Mayr, 1861 – false honey ants * '' Protrechina'' Wilson, 1985 * ''
Pseudolasius ''Pseudolasius'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from southern Asia (from India to China) to northern Australia, where it appears to be restricted to tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surround ...
'' Emery, 1887 * ''
Teratomyrmex ''Teratomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known only from forested areas on the east coast of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mai ...
'' McAreavey, 1957


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