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Linepithema micans

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Species of ant

Linepithema micans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Linepithema
Species: L. micans
Binomial name
Linepithema micans
(Forel, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Iridomyrmex humilis platensis Forel, 1912
  • Iridomyrmex humilis scotti Santschi, 1919

Linepithema micans is a small species of ant from the genus Linepithema which was described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1908. This ant is endemic to southern South America. In Brazil, it is considered a pest of vineyards in acting as the main species associated with the coccid Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (Wille, 1922) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae). It is still a poorly studied species. Their abundant larvae are round and whitish, almost indistinguishable from the proximate species Linepithema humile, better known as the invasive Argentine ant.

References

  1. Wild, Alexander L. (2007). Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Berkeley, Calif. : Univ. of California Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0520098589.
  2. Teixeira, Ivonel; Botton, Marcos; Loeck, Alci Enimar (July 2002). "Avaliação de Inseticidas Visando ao Controle de Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (Hempel) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) em Novos Plantios de Videira". Neotropical Entomology. 31 (3): 457–461. doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2002000300017. ISSN 1519-566X.
  3. Nondillo, Aline; Solis, Daniel Russ; Fox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson; Rossi, Mônica Lanzoni; Botton, Marcos; Bueno, Odair Correa (2011). "Description of the immatures of workers of the ant Linepithema micans forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Microscopy Research and Technique. 74 (4): 337–342. doi:10.1002/jemt.20913. ISSN 1097-0029. PMID 20734410. S2CID 8473292.
  4. Solis, Daniel R; Fox, Eduardo G. P; Rossi, Mônica L; Bueno, Odair C (2010). "Description of the immatures of Linepithema humile Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Biological Research. 43 (1): 19–30. doi:10.4067/S0716-97602010000100004. hdl:11449/19898. ISSN 0716-9760. PMID 21157629.
Taxon identifiers
Linepithema micans


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