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Leptothorax recedens

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Leptothorax recedens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Leptothorax
Species:
L. recedens
Binomial name
Leptothorax recedens
(Nylander, 1856)
Subspecies[2]

Leptothorax recedens barbarus Santschi, 1939
Leptothorax recedens recedens (Nylander, 1856)

Synonyms

Leptothorax ergatogyna Bernard, 1950

Leptothorax recedens is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is found in France, Italy, and Spain, with the most recent finding in Slovenia.[3]

In his 2003 revision of the family Formicidae, Bolton placed this species in the genus Temnothorax,[4] although many authors still use the original classification.

Conservation status

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It is the only IUCN evaluated hymenopteran species listed as "Least concern", although its status hasn't been re-evaluated at least since 2000.

References

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  1. ^ Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). "Leptothorax recedens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T41985A10593624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T41985A10593624.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ ITIS Standard Report Page: Leptothorax recedens. Downloaded on 29 October 2007.
  3. ^ Bračko G. (2007). Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Natura Sloveniae, 9(1), 15-24
  4. ^ Bolton B. (2003): Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 1-370.