Leptothorax
{{short description|Genus of ants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Leptothorax acervorum casent0104845 profile 1.jpg
|image_caption=L. acervorum dealate queen
|taxon=Leptothorax
|authority=Mayr, 1855
|type_species=Formica acervorum
|type_species_authority=Fabricius, 1793
|diversity_link=#Species
|diversity=21 species
|diversity_ref={{AntCat|429929|Leptothorax|2014|accessdate=2018-12-03}}
|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|date=April 2014}}
Closely related genera are Cardiocondyla, Stereomyrmex and Romblonella.
Species
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- 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
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References
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{{cite journal |last=Taylor |first=Robert W. |date=1991 |title=Notes on the ant genera Romblonella and Willowsiella, with comments on their affinities, and the first descriptions of Australian species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) |journal=Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |volume=97 |issue=3–4 |pages=281–298 |doi=10.1155/1990/29514|doi-access=free }}
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Category:Taxa named by Gustav Mayr
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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