Leptothorax Mayr

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 33

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21008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268127

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scientific name

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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