Lasiini Explained

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:

• Cladomyrma Wheeler, 1920
• Euprenolepis Emery, 1906
• Lasius Fabricius, 1804 – cornfield ants, citronella ants
• Metalasius Boudinot et al., 2022
• Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838 – honeypot ants
• Nylanderia Emery, 1906 – crazy ants
• Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 1947
• Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1863
• Prenolepis Mayr, 1861 – false honey ants
• Pseudolasius Emery, 1887
• Zatania LaPolla et al., 2012