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4.4.5
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FEA7FE7C5BA8FE5E" bold="true" box="[258,485,404,431]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius lasioides</emphasis>
(Emery 1869)
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<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FF32FE5D584AFE3F" authority="Emery 1869" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[151,519,437,462]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FF32FE5D5B3BFE3C" bold="true" box="[151,374,437,461]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Prenolepis lasioides</emphasis>
Emery 1869
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[
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investigation]
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Type material:
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, an alate gyne, labelled by Mayr ”Neapel Emery“, ”Collect. G.Mayr“, ”
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FD2CFE1058B1FDE1" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[649,764,504,528]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fumatus">L.fumatus</taxonomicName>
m., lasioides m., det. Emery“ and ”
<typeStatus id="42208802FD1FFFE0FDF0FDF158F3FDC0" box="[597,702,537,561]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
, des. E.O.Wilson“;
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labelled by Mayr ”Neapel Col. G.Mayr“, ”
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m., lasioides m., det. Emery“ and ”Typus“; both specimens in
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. Emery (1869) produced confusion in naming this species which was described ”from the environs of Napoli“. In the verbal description on page 6 he described the species under the name
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FE4FFCE85887FCE9" box="[490,714,768,792]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Prenolepis lasioides</emphasis>
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and gives a reference to
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, but in the caption for
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on page 26 he suddenly presents the name
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. Accordingly,
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is an objective synonym because it refers to the same material
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<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FF32FC4B5BA8FC4A" authority="(Emery 1869)" baseAuthorityName="Emery" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[151,485,931,955]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusculus">
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FF32FC4B5B0EFC4A" bold="true" box="[151,323,931,955]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius fusculus</emphasis>
(Emery 1869)
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<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FF32FC2B5BA1FC2A" authority="Emery 1869" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[151,492,963,988]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscula">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FF32FC2B5B12FC2A" box="[151,351,963,987]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Prenolepis fuscula</emphasis>
Emery 1869
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[original description, investigation of type-compared material]
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<specimenCount id="8B9DFD29FD1FFFE0FF0BFBEF5B7DFBEE" box="[174,304,1031,1055]" count="1" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="worker">One worker</specimenCount>
, deposited in
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Wien and labelled by Gustav Mayr ”Emery Neapel 1874“, ”
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FDEAFBCF5B01FB91" authority="Emery Neapel" authorityName="Emery Neapel" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusculus">Lasius fusculus Emery Neapel</taxonomicName>
“ and ”
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E. det. G.Mayr“ was apparently sent by Emery to Mayr in 1874.
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FD11FB825B45FB53" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fusculus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FD11FB825B45FB53" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius fusculus</emphasis>
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was described from workers running over a balcony at Portici near Napoli. The rather detailed description of Emery and the fact that there is only one
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FF7BFB055B33FAF5" box="[222,382,1261,1284]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius species</emphasis>
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in
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1FFFE0FE02FB055B95FAF4" box="[423,472,1261,1285]" name="Italy" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Italy</collectingCountry>
matching this description strongly suggests a synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FD8EFAE658EBFAD7" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[555,678,1294,1318]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FD8EFAE658EBFAD7" box="[555,678,1294,1318]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. lasioides</emphasis>
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. Emery reported a minute total length of
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and only 56 mandibular dents which both is typical for nanitic workers of
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FE9EFA995BF4FA79" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[315,441,1392,1416]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FE9EFA995BF4FA79" box="[315,441,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. lasioides</emphasis>
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. It appears possible that the specimen sent to Mayr really belongs to original material of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FE90FA5B5BFFFA3B" box="[309,434,1458,1482]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. fusculus</emphasis>
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as it has MaDe 6.0 and CS 601 µm. The workers of both
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FDA4FA3C58E7FA1A" box="[513,682,1491,1515]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius lasiodes</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FD40FA3C5B45F9FD" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. fusculus</emphasis>
Emery
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had at hand when describing these species were nanitic workers with a reduced number of mandibular dents. The latter character apparently prompted him to allocate both taxa to
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FD25F9BE58B9F99F" box="[640,756,1622,1646]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Prenolepis</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FF32F99E5821F97F" authority="(Donisthorpe 1926)" baseAuthorityName="Donisthorpe" baseAuthorityYear="1926" box="[151,620,1654,1678]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigrobrunneus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FF32F99E5821F97F" bold="true" box="[151,620,1654,1678]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FF32F99E5BC6F97F" bold="true" box="[151,395,1654,1678]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius nigrobrunneus</emphasis>
(
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)
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<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FF32F97E5A81F93F" authority="Donisthorpe 1926" authorityName="Donisthorpe" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acanthomyops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="brunneus" variety="nigrobrunneus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FF32F97E583DF95F" box="[151,624,1686,1710]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Acanthomyops brunneus var. nigrobrunneus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F90A4B51FD1FFFE0FDDDF97E5A81F93F" author="Donisthorpe, H." pageId="34" pageNumber="49" pagination="17 - 18" refId="ref51374" refString="Donisthorpe, H. (1926): Ants and myrmecophiles at Bordighera. - Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 38: 17 - 18." type="journal article" year="1926">Donisthorpe 1926</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1FFFE0FF0BF93259FEFD44" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1FFFE0FF0BF93259FEFD44" blockId="34.[151,764,404,1975]" lastBlockId="34.[786,1405,241,1976]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
This taxon was reported by Donisthorpe to occur at Ospedaletti, Bordighera and Monte Nero in N
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1FFFE0FD3BF9135882F8E2" box="[670,719,1787,1811]" name="Italy" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Italy</collectingCountry>
and has been unexplained synonymized by
<bibRefCitation id="F90A4B51FD1FFFE0FDF3F8F458A0F8C5" author="Wilson, E. O." box="[598,749,1820,1844]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" pagination="1 - 201" refId="ref53426" refString="Wilson, E. O. (1955): A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 1 - 201." type="journal article" year="1955">Wilson (1955)</bibRefCitation>
and Baroni Urbani (1971) with
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FE58F8D558FDF8A4" ID-CoL="6P3BM" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1798" box="[509,688,1853,1877]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FE58F8D558FDF8A4" box="[509,688,1853,1877]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The complete morphological description of Donisthorpe is ”head quite black, and the rest of the body dark brown; but there are no outstanding hairs on the tibiae“ and he reported to have found the three nests under stones. This information does not suggest an arboricolous ant related to
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FC36FEDC5E08FEBA" ID-CoL="6P3BM" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1798" box="[915,1093,307,331]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FC36FEDC5E08FEBA" box="[915,1093,307,331]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but may refer to at least four different species expected to occur in the area:
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FAC4FEBD593EFE7C" ID-CoL="3SGW5" baseAuthorityName="Foerster" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alienus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FAC4FEBD593EFE7C" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. alienus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FC35FE9E5E67FE7C" ID-CoL="3SGY8" authorityName="Seifert" authorityYear="1992" box="[912,1066,373,397]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paralienus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FC35FE9E5E67FE7C" box="[912,1066,373,397]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. paralienus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FBE3FE9E5F4AFE7C" ID-CoL="6P3DH" authorityName="Seifert" authorityYear="1992" box="[1094,1287,373,397]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="psammophilus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FBE3FE9E5F4AFE7C" box="[1094,1287,373,397]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FAC4FE9E59C9FE5F" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FAC4FE9E59C9FE5F" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. There is a worker stored in
<collectionCode id="FB8AAE65FD1FFFE0FB6DFE7E5F54FE5C" box="[1224,1305,406,429]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">BMNH</collectionCode>
London and pictured in antweb.org with specimen identifier CASENT0903216, labelled ”Ospedaletti 6.II. 25.“, ”ex coll. Donisthorpe B.M. 1934-4“ and ”
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“. This
<typeStatus id="42208802FD1FFFE0FAE3FE115F3BFDE0" box="[1350,1398,505,529]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">type</typeStatus>
specimens belongs to either
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FB31FDF25F52FDC0" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[1172,1311,537,561]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FB31FDF25F52FDC0" box="[1172,1311,537,561]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FAC5FDF2593BFDA3" ID-CoL="3SGW5" baseAuthorityName="Foerster" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alienus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FAC5FDF2593BFDA3" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. alienus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The short pronotal setae and scale shape more strongly suggest a synonymy with
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FB09FDB45F61FD82" box="[1196,1324,603,627]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. lasioides</emphasis>
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which is hypothesized here. The specimen was not directly investigated.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1FFFE0FCB7FD555921FCE4" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1FFFE0FCB7FD555E2AFD24" blockId="34.[786,1405,241,1976]" box="[786,1127,700,725]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FCB7FD555E2AFD24" authority="Santschi 1931" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1931" box="[786,1127,700,725]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbarus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FCB7FD555E2AFD24" bold="true" box="[786,1127,700,725]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FCB7FD555989FD25" bold="true" box="[786,964,700,725]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius barbarus</emphasis>
Santschi 1931
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1FFFE0FCB7FD365921FCE4" blockId="34.[786,1405,241,1976]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FCB7FD365EA1FD04" authority="Santschi 1931" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1931" box="[786,1260,733,757]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="alienus" variety="barbarus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FCB7FD365E07FD04" box="[786,1098,733,757]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius alienus var. barbarus</emphasis>
Santschi 1931
</taxonomicName>
[
<typeStatus id="42208802FD1FFFE0FB5EFD355F61FD04" box="[1275,1324,733,757]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">type</typeStatus>
investigation]
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1FFFE0FC8CFCC85F3AFCA8" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="multiple">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1FFFE0FC8CFCC85F3AFCA8" blockId="34.[786,1405,241,1976]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
The taxon has been first described under the unavailable name
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FCCEFCAA5F3EFCA8" authority="Santschi 1921" authorityName="Sants T. Santschi" authorityYear="1921" box="[875,1395,833,857]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="niger" subSpecies="lasioides" variety="barbara">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FCCEFCAA5E9EFCA8" box="[875,1235,833,857]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Lasius niger lasioides v. barbara</emphasis>
Santschi 1921
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1FFFE0FC8CFC8B598FFA79" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1FFFE0FC8CFC8B5F3AFB53" blockId="34.[786,1405,241,1976]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
Type material:
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and
<specimenCount id="8B9DFD29FD1FFFE0FBD3FC8A5F67FC8B" box="[1142,1322,866,890]" count="3" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="generic" typeStatus="paralectotype">3 paralectotypes</specimenCount>
on the same pin labelled ”Type“, ”Sidiayech 141“, ”
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FA8BFC6B5F30FC4D" authority="Sants T. Santschi" authorityName="Sants T. Santschi" authorityYear="1921" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="niger" subSpecies="lasioides" variety="barbara">Lasius niger st. lasioides Em v. barbara Sants T. Santschi</taxonomicName>
det. 1921“, and ”
<typeStatus id="42208802FD1FFFE0FC47FC2D5E04FC2C" box="[994,1097,965,989]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
uppermost worker desig. by
<collectorName id="306E5376FD1FFFE0FCCCFC0E59A5FC0F" box="[873,1000,998,1022]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">E.O.Wilson</collectorName>
“; depository
<collectionCode id="FB8AAE65FD1FFFE0FB2BFC0E5E83FC0C" box="[1166,1230,998,1021]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">NHM</collectionCode>
Basel.
<specimenCount id="8B9DFD29FD1FFFE0FA93FC0E5E6BFBEE" count="3" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="worker" typeStatus="paralectotype">Three paralectotype workers</specimenCount>
on one pin labelled ”Sidi Ayech 141“, ”83“, ”MUSEUM PARIS AFRIQUE DU NORD A.THÉRY 1919 1923“, ”
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FB26FBA05F47FB91" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[1155,1290,1096,1120]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="niger">Lasius niger</taxonomicName>
st
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FA8FFBA05E54FB70" authority="Sants" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1931" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="alienus" variety="barbarus">alienus For v. barbarus Sants</taxonomicName>
“; depository
<collectionCode id="FB8AAE65FD1FFFE0FB08FB825F4CFB70" box="[1197,1281,1130,1153]" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">MNHN</collectionCode>
Paris. For synonymization with
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FBB5FB635EC6FB53" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[1040,1163,1162,1186]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FBB5FB635EC6FB53" box="[1040,1163,1162,1186]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
see under Comments.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1FFFE0FC8CFB43598FFA79" blockId="34.[786,1405,241,1976]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FC8CFB435E69FB32" bold="true" box="[809,1060,1195,1219]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">All material examined</emphasis>
. A total of 106 nest samples with
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were subject to NUMOBAT investigation.
<collectingMunicipality id="7D40ACDAFD1FFFE0FCB7FB05591EFAF4" box="[786,851,1261,1285]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">These</collectingMunicipality>
originated from
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1FFFE0FBB6FB055E29FAF4" box="[1043,1124,1261,1285]" name="Algeria" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Algeria</collectingCountry>
(4 samples),
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(4),
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(14),
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and
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(15),
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(1),
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(3),
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(15),
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(4),
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(17),
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(16),
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(1),
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(4),
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(8).
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details see supplementary information SI1.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1FFFE1FC8CFA7958F8FEDB" lastPageId="35" lastPageNumber="50" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1FFFE1FC8CFA7958F8FEDB" blockId="34.[786,1405,241,1976]" lastBlockId="35.[189,802,241,1975]" lastPageId="35" lastPageNumber="50" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FC8CFA7959BCFA58" bold="true" box="[809,1009,1425,1449]" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Geographic range</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1FFFE0FBA5FA7A5E34FA58" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[1024,1145,1425,1449]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1FFFE0FBA5FA7A5E34FA58" box="[1024,1145,1425,1449]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a
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species the missing of records from
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and
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1FFFE0FA9DFA5B5F3AFA3A" box="[1336,1399,1459,1483]" name="Egypt" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Egypt</collectingCountry>
are caused by absence of sampling activities.
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most southwestern site is in
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1FFFE0FBB5FA1C5E20F9FA" box="[1040,1133,1524,1547]" name="Morocco" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">Morocco</collectingCountry>
at
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,
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.
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northern distributional border runs along
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in
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1FFFE0FA8EF9FD5F39F9DD" box="[1323,1396,1557,1580]" name="France" pageId="34" pageNumber="49">France</collectingCountry>
,
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in
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,
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in
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and
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whereas the easternmost truly
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site is at
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,
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in
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.
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distribution farther east is poorly known.
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from two sites in the
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highland (PR_N 502,
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,
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,
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; PR_N 460,
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,
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,
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) might possibly represent a separate population or even species with special adaptation to wintercold climate. The sample from Ghaemshar /
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(
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,
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,
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) represents the easternmost known site and raises the question if there is a continuous distribution from
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and
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east to the northern
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. The highest site in the
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is at
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,
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,
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. It may be expected to have colonized all sufficiently large islands in the Mediterranean Sea which have some tree stands.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1EFFE1FF71FEDB5B37FC8B" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1EFFE1FF71FEDB5BEBFDC0" blockId="35.[189,802,241,1975]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF71FEDB5B0EFEBA" bold="true" box="[212,323,307,331]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Diagnosis</emphasis>
(
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,
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10; key; images in www. antWeb.org with specimen identifiers CASENT0906077, CASENT0912293):
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FE3BFE9E5869FE7C" box="[414,548,373,397]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shows all diagnostic characters of the
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FEDCFE7F5BB0FE5F" box="[377,509,406,430]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. brunneus</emphasis>
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species complex. It can be separated from its semipatric relatives
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FDFDFE505897FE3E" box="[600,730,439,463]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FCAEFE505B6EFE01" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. silvaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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by smaller head width, longer scape and larger torulo-clypeal distance. With all measurements in mm, the discriminant
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1EFFE1FF71FDB35B37FC8B" blockId="35.[189,802,241,1975]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">
is &lt;
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<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1EFFE1FE9CFDB45BF6FD82" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1798" box="[313,443,603,627]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FE9CFDB45BF6FD82" box="[313,443,603,627]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FE4EFDB45821FD82" box="[491,620,603,627]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. silvaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD1EFFE1FDD7FDB4588FFD82" box="[626,706,604,627]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
but&gt;
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<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1EFFE1FF7EFD955B17FD65" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[219,346,636,660]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF7EFD955B17FD65" box="[219,346,636,660]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(error 0% in 288 individuals). Confusion with
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF53FD765BEDFD44" box="[246,416,669,693]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is excluded by zoogeography. The potentially sympatric Iranian desert species
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1EFFE1FD3CFD57596FFD27" authority="Seifert, 2020" authorityName="Seifert" authorityYear="2020" box="[665,802,703,726]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="excavatus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FD3CFD57596FFD27" box="[665,802,703,726]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. excavatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B4DC57C9FD1EFFE1FF18FD375B5DFD07" box="[189,272,735,758]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs by head shape and coloration. Coloration in
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1EFFE1FF44FCE85B28FCE9" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1869" box="[225,357,768,792]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lasioides">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF44FCE85B28FCE9" box="[225,357,768,792]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: head, mesosoma, gaster, femora and tibiae dark to medium brown; tibio-femoral joint region, scape and (frequently) anterior margin of clypeus pale yellowish-brown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1EFFE1FF71FC6B5948FAD7" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1EFFE1FF71FC6B5948FAD7" blockId="35.[189,802,241,1975]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF71FC6B5B64FC6A" bold="true" box="[212,297,899,923]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Biology</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FEE4FC6C5BB7FC6A" box="[321,506,899,923]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Lasius lasioides</emphasis>
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is apparently dependent from the presence of trees. It inhabits diverse
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of broad-leafed or coniferous forest, both such with closed canopies or more open stands, as well as urban areas, gardens, pastures and road sides with at least a few scattered trees. The nests may be found under bark of the trees or on ground in dead logs or under stones. The behavior is similar to
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FE0AFB82587EFB70" box="[431,563,1129,1153]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: it is fugitive and not aggressive and workers prefer runways in crevices of bark or other surface structures. Development of alates differs throughout the whole geographic range in dependence from latitude and altitude. Eleven observations of alates occurred 30 April 29 July, ten of these before 8 July.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D581652BFD1EFFE1FF71FAC658B9F846" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9D2436A0FD1EFFE1FF71FAC658B9F846" blockId="35.[189,802,241,1975]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF71FAC65B00FAB7" bold="true" box="[212,333,1326,1350]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Comments</emphasis>
. The Holomediterranean population of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FCAEFAC75B56FA96" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. lasioides</emphasis>
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is polymorphic; there is in particular an extreme variance in scape length (
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). This polymorphism shows a rather clear geographic structuring. Exclusively the long-scaped morph, which corresponds to the
<typeStatus id="42208802FD1EFFE1FD69FA5B594BFA3A" box="[716,774,1459,1483]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">types</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF18FA3C5B7BFA1A" box="[189,310,1491,1515]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. lasioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, was found in
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1EFFE1FE74FA3B584CFA1A" box="[465,513,1491,1515]" name="Italy" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Italy</collectingCountry>
and
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and the islands of Mallorca,
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1EFFE1FEEEFA1C5BC1F9FD" box="[331,396,1524,1548]" name="Malta" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Malta</collectingCountry>
, and Sardinia. Only the short-scaped morph, which corresponds to the
<typeStatus id="42208802FD1EFFE1FDBDF9FD581FF9DC" box="[536,594,1557,1581]" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">types</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="5A9B4D23FD1EFFE1FDD5F9FD58A1F9DC" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1931" box="[624,748,1557,1581]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbarus">
<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FDD5F9FD58A1F9DC" box="[624,748,1557,1581]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. barbarus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, was found in the Spanish mainland and on
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. Sympatric occurrence of both morphs is observed in
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,
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1EFFE1FF18F99F5B5DF97E" box="[189,272,1655,1679]" name="Algeria" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Algeria</collectingCountry>
,
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,
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1EFFE1FE26F99F5BF3F97E" box="[387,446,1655,1679]" name="Syria" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">Syria</collectingCountry>
, and
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. The Iberian short-scaped population and the Italian long-scaped population are in contact in southern
<collectingCountry id="E58C7630FD1EFFE1FE50F952580DF920" box="[501,576,1722,1745]" name="France" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">France</collectingCountry>
. This structure and a seemingly mutually exclusive occurrence on islands aroused suspicion on heterospecificity of
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FDD2F91458BEF8E2" box="[631,755,1787,1811]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. lasioides</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="AFEFEAB2FD1EFFE1FF18F8F45B76F8C5" box="[189,315,1820,1844]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="50">L. barbarus</emphasis>
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. However, attempts to show heterospecificity with exploratory data analyses different forms of NCclustering as well as PCA or TSCA led to contradictory results. The overall error rate remained clearly above the 4% threshold required by the GAGE species concept.
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