Lasius
E403625
Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lasius canonical | 2 |
| Lasius alienus | 2 |
| Lasius brunneus | 1 |
| Lasius claviger | 1 |
| Lasius emarginatus | 1 |
| Lasius flavus | 1 |
| Lasius fuliginosus | 1 |
| Lasius japonicus | 1 |
| Lasius neoniger | 1 |
| Lasius platythorax | 1 |
| Lasius psammophilus | 1 |
| Lasius umbratus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3994976 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasius Context triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Lasius]
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A.
Lasius niger
Lasius niger is a common European black garden ant species known for forming large colonies and nesting in soil, lawns, and under stones.
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B.
Myrmica
Myrmica is a genus of small, often reddish ants widely distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, known for their complex social behavior and diverse nesting habits.
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C.
Ropalidia
Ropalidia is a genus of social paper wasps found primarily in the Old World tropics, known for their diverse nesting behaviors and complex colony organization.
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D.
Epipona
Epipona is a genus of social paper wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known from the Neotropical region.
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E.
Crematogaster
Crematogaster is a large and diverse genus of arboreal ants commonly known as acrobat ants, noted for their distinctive heart-shaped gasters and widespread distribution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasius Target entity description: Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
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A.
Lasius niger
Lasius niger is a common European black garden ant species known for forming large colonies and nesting in soil, lawns, and under stones.
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B.
Myrmica
Myrmica is a genus of small, often reddish ants widely distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, known for their complex social behavior and diverse nesting habits.
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C.
Ropalidia
Ropalidia is a genus of social paper wasps found primarily in the Old World tropics, known for their diverse nesting behaviors and complex colony organization.
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D.
Epipona
Epipona is a genus of social paper wasps within the subfamily Polistinae, known from the Neotropical region.
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E.
Crematogaster
Crematogaster is a large and diverse genus of arboreal ants commonly known as acrobat ants, noted for their distinctive heart-shaped gasters and widespread distribution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| behavior |
builds underground nests
ⓘ
forms large colonies ⓘ tends aphids for honeydew ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| colonyStructure |
eusocial
ⓘ
queen and worker castes ⓘ |
| commonName |
garden ants
ⓘ
typical field ants ⓘ |
| describedBy | Pierre André Latreille ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1804 ⓘ |
| diet |
honeydew from aphids
ⓘ
small arthropods ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mutualist with aphids
ⓘ
soil aerator ⓘ |
| family | Formicidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Nearctic region
ⓘ
linked to:
Nearctic
Palearctic region ⓘ
linked to:
Palearctic realm
temperate regions ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Lasius alienus
ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius brunneus ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius claviger ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius emarginatus ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius flavus ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius fuliginosus ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius japonicus ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius neoniger ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius niger ⓘ Lasius platythorax ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius psammophilus ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
Lasius umbratus ⓘ
linked to:
Lasius
|
| hasTypeSpecies | Lasius niger ⓘ |
| is |
genus of small ants
ⓘ
soil-dwelling ant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nestSite |
rotting wood
ⓘ
soil ⓘ under stones ⓘ |
| notableFor |
forming populous colonies in lawns and fields
ⓘ
tending root aphids ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| reproduction | nuptial flights ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formicinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| workerSize | small ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lasius Description of subject: Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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