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Queen, Skagway, AK, collected July 2016

Started By Paulette , Mar 19 2017 9:23 AM

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#1 Offline Paulette - Posted March 19 2017 - 9:23 AM

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In my records, this is queen 2016#32

1. Location of collection: Skagway, Alaska

2. Date of collection: July 2016

3. Habitat of collection: forest, near water

4. Length (from head to gaster): 10 mm

5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: brown

Edited by Paulette, March 20 2017 - 7:01 AM.

#2 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 19 2017 - 9:43 AM

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Lasius niger-group species it looks like.

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#3 Offline VoidElecent - Posted March 19 2017 - 9:44 AM

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Really beautiful queen, looks like a Lasius flavus, or at least flavus-group. Not too sure if these guys live in Alaska, so she may be Niger-group.

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#4 Offline Canadian anter - Posted March 19 2017 - 10:24 AM

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The only fully-claustral Lasius in Alaska are neoniger and pallitarsis based on the collection time, I'm going with pallitarsis

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#5 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted March 19 2017 - 10:31 AM

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Lasius pallitarsis is the dominant Lasius-subgenus Lasius species on the west coast.

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