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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Pseudolasius

Pseudolasius are eyeless blind ants that are mostly subterranean (or at lest those from this location anyway) rarely coming to the ground surface. This species is monomorphic and looks fairly like a termite worker view from top except for the very giveaway coloration.






Looking fairly similar to a termite worker this species was contextually living with Longipeditermes longipes whose soldier shoots out a strong turpentine smelling liquid as defense.







See also:
Pseudolasius sp(02)
Pseudolasius sp(03)


Taxonomy
(no rank) Root 1
(Top Node) Cellular organism 131567
Superkingdom: Eukaryota 2759 [Domain]
(no rank) Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
(no rank) Eumetazoa 6072
(no rank) Bilateria 33213
(no rank) Coelomata 33316
(no rank) Protosomia 33317
(no rank) Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
(no rank) Mandibulata 197563
(no rank) Pancrustacea 197562
Superclass: Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
(no rank) Dicondylia 85512
(no rank) Pterygota 7496
Subclass: Neoptera 33340
Infraclass: Endopterygota 33392
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
(no rank) Apocrita 7400
Suborder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Vespoidea 34725
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Formicinae 7479
Tribe: Lasiini 72772
Genus: Pseudolasius 262039


Last Updated: 2020 02 12 
First Posted: 2020 02 12
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  1. UnknownApril 10, 2020 at 8:23 PM

    Hi there, I would like to point out that pseudo lasius ants are polymorphic, you got some majors there

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