claviger

1. (entomology) A group within genus Lasius (formerly considered a subgenera Acanthomyops) of bright yellow to orange species of ant that have 3 maxillary palps and give off a distinctive citronella odor when disturbed. The group name comes from their club-shaped palps.Examples: "Standing body hairs are relatively less numerous and longer in claviger."; "The workers of flavus group species are sometimes confused with claviger group workers, but can be distinguished by relatively dense pubescence all over the body, which creates a dull overall appearances."; "All of the species of the claviger group are believed to be temporary social parasits of other Lasius species, but the actual hosts are not all known."

2. (entomology) A species of mosquito, Anopheles claviger.Examples: "Over much of its range claviger lays eggs without a blood meal, whereas forms requiring blood for egg laying have been observed on the Black Sea coast."; "Claviger is Palearctic in distribution, extending from the British Isles to the Pamir Mountains of Turkestan and the Ob River of western Siberia."; "The usual breeding places of claviger are springs and wells."