Lasius interjectus

{{Speciesbox |name = Larger yellow ant |image = Lasius interjectus casent0103545 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Lasius interjectus'' |taxon = Lasius interjectus |authority = Mayr, 1866 }}

'''''Lasius interjectus''''', commonly known as the '''larger yellow ant''',<ref>{{citation|last=Jacobs |first=S. |date=2014 |title=Citronella ants. Entomological Notes.|publisher=Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University|url=http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/pdf/citronellaAnts.pdf |access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> is a species of ant belonging to the genus ''Lasius'', and was formerly a part of the genus (now a subgenus) ''Acanthomyops''. Described in 1866 by Mayr, the species is native to the United States.<ref name="Bolton">{{Cite book |first=B |last=Bolton|title= A new general catalogue of the ants of the world |publisher=Harvard University|place=Cambridge, Massachusetts |year=1995 |pages=53 }}</ref><ref name="Creighton">{{Cite book |first=W |last=Creighton|title= The ants of North America |year=1950 |pages=430 }}</ref><ref name="Mayr">{{Cite book |first=G. |last=Mayr|title= Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden |place=Wien |year=1866 |pages= 888, pl. 20, fig. 3 queen described}}</ref>

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interjectus Category:Hymenoptera of North America Category:Insects of the United States Category:Insects described in 1866