Leptothorax

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Leptothorax
Leptothorax acervorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Leptothorax
Mayr, 1855

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. It contains the following species [1]:

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Leptothorax". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=574087. 
  2. ^ Buschinger, A. & Schulz, A., 2008, Leptothorax athabasca sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Alberta, Canada, an ant with an apparently restricted range., Myrmecologische Nachrichten (11), pp. 243-248: 244-247
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