Leptothorax

Leptothorax
L. acervorum dealate queen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Leptothorax
Mayr, 1855
Type species
Formica acervorum
Fabricius, 1793
Diversity[1]
19 species
Synonyms

Doronomyrmex Kutter, 1945
Mychothorax Ruzsky, 1904

Leptothorax is a large genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distribution. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their life cycles.

Closely related genera are Cardiocondyla, Stereomyrmex and Romblonella.[2]

Species

  • Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Leptothorax acervorum vandeli (Bondroit, 1920)
  • Leptothorax athabasca Buschinger & Schulz, 2008
  • Leptothorax buschingeri Kutter, 1967
  • Leptothorax calderoni Creighton, 1950
  • Leptothorax crassipilis Wheeler, 1917
  • Leptothorax faberi Buschinger, 1983
  • Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967
  • Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
  • Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966
  • Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
  • Leptothorax muscorum uvicensis Blacker, 1992
  • Leptothorax oceanicus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928)
  • Leptothorax pacis (Kutter, 1945)
  • Leptothorax paraxenus Heinze & Alloway, 1992
  • Leptothorax pocahontas (Buschinger, 1979)
  • Leptothorax retractus Francoeur, 1986
  • Leptothorax scamni Ruzsky, 1905
  • Leptothorax sphagnicola Francoeur, 1986
  • Leptothorax wilsoni Heinze, 1989
  • Leptothorax zhengi Zhou & Chen, 2011

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Leptothorax". AntCat. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Robert W. (1991). "Notes on the ant genera Romblonella and Willowsiella, with comments on their affinities, and the first descriptions of Australian species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)". Psyche 97: 281–298. doi:10.1155/1990/29514.

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