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Leptothorax
Sign in to saveLeptothorax 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
Leptothorax acervorum Leptothorax retractus Leptothorax (лат.) — род мелких по размеру муравьёв трибы Formicoxenini из подсемейства Myrmicinae, семейства Formicidae. Около 30 видов.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,482
- With media
- 63
- Family
- Formicidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, UMNH, UAM, UTEP, INECOL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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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.
Closely related genera are Cardiocondyla, Stereomyrmex and Romblonella.
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