Leptothorax
- Dataset
- The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Formicidae
- genus
- Leptothorax
description
North European species small, worker length 2.3 - 4 mm. Body hairs clavate, not pointed; pronotum rounded anterolaterally; propodeal spines distinct; antennae 11 or 12 segmented in female castes, with 3 segmented club as long as rest of funiculus. Male has 12 or 13 antennal segments. Mandibles distinctly 5 - toothed. Notauli very distinct. In Europe, there are at least 40 species distinguishable on rather slight characters and their taxonomy is in need of revision. Seven species occur in Scandinavia. The North European species live in small communities of 30 up to 300 individuals under stones, in rock crevices, under bark, in twigs or in peat.
Name
- Homonyms
- Leptothorax
- Leptothorax