Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
(a small black ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLasius platythorax (a small black ant)
GenusLasius (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyFORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lasius platythorax (a small black ant) :
1: Lasius platythorax (a small black ant)
20 May 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
ant nest in fallen pine log; piles of sawdust around entrances
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lush, M. Separating Lasius niger and Lasius platythorax workers sifolinia.blogspot.com/2008/09/separating-lasius-niger-and-lasius.html
Seiffert, B. 1991 Lasius platythorax n. sp., a Widespread Sibling Species of Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Entomol. Gener. Vol 16(1): 69-81.

Lasius platythorax (a small black ant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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