Leptothorax is a genus of ants numbering about 30 species. Earlier in a broad interpretation included the genus Temnothorax (more than 300 species). Some species are named after well known myrmecologists , for example, Leptothorax buschingeri , Leptothorax faberi , Leptothorax goesswaldi , Leptothorax kutteri , Leptothorax manni and Leptothorax wilsoni [1] [2] .
Species List
| Species name | Description authors | Description year | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leptothorax acervorum ( Fabricius , 1793) | Johann Christian Fabrizius | 1793 | [2] |
| Leptothorax ambiguus Emery , 1895 | Karl Emery | 1895 | [2] |
| Leptothorax athabasca Buschinger & Schulz, 2008 | Alfred Bushinger and A. Schultz | 2008 | [2] [3] |
| Leptothorax buschingeri Kutter, 1967 | Heinrich Cutter | 1967 | [2] |
| Leptothorax calderoni Creighton, 1950 | 1950 | [2] | |
| Leptothorax crassipilis Wheeler, 1917 | William Morton Wheeler | 1917 | [2] |
| Leptothorax faberi Buschinger, 1983 | Alfred Bushinger | 1983 | [2] |
| Leptothorax furunculus Wheeler, 1909 | William Morton Wheeler | 1909 | [2] |
| Leptothorax goesswaldi (Kutter, 1967) | Heinrich Cutter | 1967 | [2] |
| Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855 | Gustav Mayr | 1855 | [2] |
| Leptothorax kutteri (Buschinger, 1966) | Alfred Bushinger | 1966 | [2] |
| Leptothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863 | 1863 | [2] | |
| Leptothorax manni Wheeler, 1914 | William Morton Wheeler | 1914 | [2] |
| Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846) | 1846 | [2] | |
| Leptothorax oceanicus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928) | N.N. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky | 1928 | [2] |
| Leptothorax pacis (Kutter, 1945) | Heinrich Cutter | 1945 | [2] |
| Leptothorax palustris Deyrup & Cover, 2004 | 2004 | [four] | |
| Leptothorax paraxenus Heinze & Alloway, 1992 | 1992 | [2] | |
| Leptothorax pergandei Emery, 1895 | Karl Emery | 1895 | [2] |
| Leptothorax pocahontas (Buschinger, 1979) | Alfred Bushinger | 1979 | [2] |
| Leptothorax retractus Francoeur, 1986 | 1986 | [2] | |
| Leptothorax scamni Ruzsky, 1905 | Mikhail Dmitrievich Ruzsky | 1905 | [2] |
| Leptothorax sphagnicola Francoeur, 1986 | 1986 | [2] | |
| Leptothorax wilsoni Heinze, 1989 | 1989 |
Notes
- Chenko Radchenko A. 2004 : A review of the genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Eastern Palaearctic. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae , 50 (2): 109-137.
- 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 B. Bolton, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995.
- ↑ Buschinger, A. & Schulz, A., 2008, Leptothorax athabasca sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Alberta, Alberta, Canada. 243-248: 244-247
- ↑ Deyrup, M and Cover, S. 2004. A species of the genus Leptothorax from Florida, Hymenoptera: Formicidea. Florida Entomologist. 87: 51-59.