Linepithema micans

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.[1] 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).[2] It is still a poorly studied species. Their abundant larvae are round and whitish,[3] almost indistinguishable from the proximate species Linepithema humile,[4] better known as the invasive Argentine 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

References
  1. Wild, Alexander L. (2007). Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]: 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. ISSN 0716-9760. PMID 21157629.


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