Table 1 List of samples used for DNA sequencing and morphological analysis

Lasius arizonicus

Ac.

USA: Arizona, Madera Canyon; C.A. Schmidt

AB370982

AB371028

MMANT12

L. interjectus

Ac.

USA: Arizona, West Turkey Creek; C.A. Schmidt

AB370981

AB371027

MMANT13

L. latipes

Ac.

USA: Wisconsin, Milwaukee; J.M. Raczkowski

AB433922

AB433927

NMANT120

L. reginae

Au.

Austria: Trandorf; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB370983

AB371029

MMANT23

L. flavus

Ca.

Austria: Leiser Berge; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB370984

AB371030

MMANT22

L. flavus

Ca.

Russia: Ussurisky, Kaimanovka; M. Maruyama

AB370985

AB371031

MMANT38

L. flavus

Ca.

Japan: Gifu-ken, Takayama-shi, M. Maruyama

AB370986

AB371032

MMANT45

L. nearcticus

Ca.

USA: Arizona, Rustler Park; C.A. Schmidt

AB370987

AB371033

MMANT14

L. mixtus

Ch.

Austria: Göpfritz; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB370988

AB371034

MMANT30

L. umbratus

Ch.

Japan: Tôkyô-to, Koganei-shi; M. Maruyama

AB370989

AB371035

MMANT6

L. capitatus

D.

Japan: Nagano-ken, Matsumoto-shi; T. Komatsu

AB370990

AB371036

MMANT44

L. capitatus

D.

Japan: Gifu-ken, Shôkawa-mura; M. Maruyama

AB370993

AB371039

MMANT47

L. capitatus

D.

Japan: Yamanashi-ken, Kitakoma-gun; M. Maruyama

AB370991

AB371037

MMANT58

L. capitatus

D.

Japan: Tochigi-ken, Haga-gun; S. Nagashima

AB370992

AB371038

MMANT62

L. fuji

D.

Japan: Hokkaidô, Maruseppu-chô; Y. Kida

AB370994

AB371040

MMANT1

L. fuji

D.

Russia: Ussurisky, Kaimanovka; M. Maruyama

AB370995

AB371041

MMANT34

L. fuliginosus

D.

Austria: Urschendorf; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB370996

AB371042

MMANT24

L. fuliginosus

D.

Austria: Vienna; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB370997

AB371043

MMANT70

L. nipponensis

D.

Russia: Ussursky, Vityas; M. Maruyama

AB371001

AB371047

MMANT33

L. nipponensis

D.

Japan: Hokkaidô, Sapporo-shi; M. Maruyama

AB370998

AB371044

MMANT63

L. nipponensis

D.

Japan: Nagano-ken, Fujimi-chô; M. Maruyama

AB370999

AB371045

MMANT64

L. nipponensis

D.

China: Hubei, Xianfeng; T. Kishimoto

AB371000

AB371046

MMANT67

L. orientalis

D.

Japan: Hokkaidô, Shari-chô; Y. Kida

AB371002

AB371048

MMANT4

L. orientalis

D.

Japan: Gifu-ken, Kamitakara-mura; M. Maruyama

AB371003

AB371049

MMANT60

L. spathepus

D.

Japan: Shimane-ken, Oki-shotô; T. Shimada

AB371006

AB371052

MMANT32

L. spathepus

D.

Japan: Yamanashi-ken, Nagasaka-chô; M. Maruyama

AB371005

AB371051

MMANT74

L. spathepus

D.

Japan: Kyôto-fu, Kyôto-shi; N. Fujiwara

AB371007

AB371053

MMANT77

L. alienus

L.

Austria: Braunsberg; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M.Steiner

AB371008

AB371054

MMANT21

L. austriacus

L.

Austria: Feldberg; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB371009

AB371055

MMANT27

L. brunneus

L.

Austria: Rassing; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB371010

AB371056

MMANT25

L. emarginatus

L.

Austria: Vienna; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB371011

AB371057

MMANT41

L. hayashi

L.

Japan: Gifu-ken, Kamitakara-mura; M. Maruyama

AB371013

AB371059

MMANT46

L. hayashi

L.

Japan: Chiba-ken, Kimitsu-shi; M. Maruyama

AB371012

AB371058

MMANT54

L. japonicus

L.

Japan: Kagawa-ken, Takamatsu-shi; F. Ito & Y. Ikeshita

AB371015

AB371061

MMANT19

L. japonicus

L.

Russia: Ussurisky, Kaimanovka; M. Maruyama

AB371017

AB371063

MMANT37

L. japonicus

L.

Japan: Chiba-ken, Kimitsu-shi; M. Maruyama

AB371014

AB371060

MMANT55

L. japonicus

L.

Japan: Hokkaidô, Sapporo-shi; T. Toida

AB371016

AB371062

MMANT76

L. neglectus

L.

Hungary: Budapest; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB371018

AB371064

MMANT20

L. niger

L.

Austria: Vienna; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB371019

AB371065

MMANT26

L. platythorax

L.

Austria: Moosbrunn; B.C. Schlick-Steiner & F.M. Steiner

AB371020

AB371066

MMANT28

L. productus

L.

Japan: Kagawa-ken, Takamatsu-shi; F. Ito & Y. Ikeshita

AB371021

AB371067

MMANT18

L. sakagamii

L.

Japan: Gifu-ken, Gifu-shi; J. Heinze

AB371022

AB371068

MMANT29

L. sakagamii

L.

Japan: Tôkyô-to, Edogawa-ku; M. Maruyama

AB371023

AB371069

MMANT56

L. sp.3

L.

Russia: Ussurisky, Kaimanovka; M. Maruyama

AB371024

AB371070

MMANT40

L. pallitarsis

L pallitarsis

USA: Arizona, Apache Ntl Forest; C.A. Schmidt

AB371025

AB371071

MMANT15

Myrmecocystus mimicus

n.a.

USA: California, Carrizo Plain; P.S. Ward

AB433923

AB433928

MMANT117

Myrmecocystus mendux

n.a.

USA: Arizona, Pima Canyon; C.A. Schmidt

AB433920

AB433925

MMANT66

Formica japonica

n.a.

Japan: Tôkyô-to, Shinjuku-ku; M. Maruyama

AB371026

AB371072

MMANT7