Lepisiota canescens
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| L. canescens worker from Madagascar | |
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| Species: | L. canescens
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| Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota canescens is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. Found in Africa, they are capable of forming super-colonies.
It is a highly invasive ant species living in Ethiopian forests . It is already moving out of the forests into agricultural land and construction sites. And, supercolonies spanning as much as 38 kilometres have been found. Scientists believe that this ant species [1] has the potential of spreading all over the world and posing threats to other ants.
References
- ^ Varma, Subodh (26 November 2016). "Ant species ready to take over world , suggests new study".
External links
Media related to Lepisiota canescens at Wikimedia Commons
