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Lasius creightoni

Lasius creightoni is a species of ant belonging to the genus Lasius, formerly a part of the genus Acanthomyops. Described in 1968 by Wing, the species is native to the United States.

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Lasius creightoni
Lasius creightoni worker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Lasius
Species:
L. creightoni
Binomial name
Lasius creightoni
Wing, 1968

Lasius creightoni is a species of ant belonging to the genus Lasius, formerly a part of the genus (now a subgenus) Acanthomyops. Described in 1968 by Wing, the species is native to the United States.12

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  1. Bolton, B (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 53.
  2. Wing, M.W. (1968). Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic genus Acanthomyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). New York: Cornell University. pp. 177–185.
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