Leptothorax

Leptothorax
L. acervorum dealate queen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]
21 species
Synonyms
Doronomyrmex Kutter, 1945 Mychothorax Ruzsky, 1904

Leptothorax is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. 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.^[citation needed]

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

Species

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
• 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 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 2018-12-03.
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: A Journal of Entomology. 97 (3–4): 281–298. doi:10.1155/1990/29514.