Leptothorax Mayr
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Genus Leptothorax Mayr View in CoL HNS
Most species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to Nesomyrmex HNS and Temnothorax HNS , leaving Leptothorax HNS much more narrowly and precisely circumscribed (Bolton 2003). Nevertheless, the species-level taxonomy of the North American Leptothorax HNS remains in a state of chaos. There are at least two species in California: one can be easily identified as L. calderoni HNS (see “Taxonomic Changes” above), while the remaining collections -here assigned the code name Leptothorax HNS sp. CA-01 -cannot be identified with certainty. They belong to the muscorum-complex HNS , which is widespread in temperate North America and Eurasia, and within which species limits are ill-defined. References: Bolton (2003), Brown (1955a), Buschinger and Heinze (1993), Cole (1954d), Creighton (1950a), Douwes and Stille (1987), Francoeur (1986b), Francoeur et al. (1985), Heinze (1989b, 1991, 1998), Heinze et al. (1996), Loiselle et al. (1990), Möglich (1979).
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