Lasius brunneus (Latreille)

Iran list Type location France (Formica brunnea, Latreille, 1798: 41, worker & queen) - no type image on Antweb (August 2017).

Senior synonym of Lasius pallida: Latreille, 1802a: 169; Wilson, 1955a PDF: 47; of Lasius timida: Smith, 1858a PDF: 7; Seifert, 1992b: 6; of Lasius alienobrunneus: Stärcke, 1944b: 157; Wilson, 1955a PDF: 47; Kutter, 1977c: 14; Seifert, 1992b: 6; of Lasius nigrobrunneus: Wilson, 1955a PDF: 47; Seifert, 1992b: 6.

Latreille's (1798) description is at . Bondroit's (1918) description is at . Seifert's (1992b) re-description is at .

The photomontage of the type worker of alienobrunneus (of small size, according to Bondroit, 1918) is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911044

The specimen from Iran on Antweb, https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=cfh000052, appears to be wrongly identified, lacking erect hairs on the propodeum and with a rounded upper margin to the petiole scale.