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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scientific name	Leptothorax Mayr
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Most species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to Nesomyrmex and Temnothorax , leaving Leptothorax much more narrowly and precisely circumscribed ( Bolton 2003). Nevertheless, the specieslevel taxonomy of the North American Leptothorax remains in a state of chaos. There are at least two species in California: one can be easily identified as L. calderoni (see “Taxonomic Changes” above), while the remaining collections—here assigned the code name Leptothorax sp. CA01—cannot be identified with certainty. They belong to the muscorum complex, which is widespread in temperate North America and Eurasia, and within which species limits are illdefined. 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).

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Heinze, J., Stahl, M. & Holldobler, B. (1996) Ecophysiology of hibernation in boreal Leptothorax ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ecoscience, 3, 429 - 435.

Loiselle, R., Francouer, A., Fischer, K. & Buschinger, A. (1990) Variations and taxonomic significance of the chromosome numbers in the Nearctic species of the genus Leptothorax (s. s) (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Caryologia, 43, 321 - 334.

Bolton, B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71, 1 - 370.

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Buschinger, A. & Heinze, J. (1993) Doronomyrmex pocahontas: not a workerless parasite but still an enigmatic taxon (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux, 40, 423 - 432.

Cole, A. C., Jr. (1954 d) Studies of New Mexico ants. X. The genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 29, 240 - 241.

Creighton, W. S. (1950 a) The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 104, 1 - 585.

Douwes, P. & Stille, B. (1987) The use of enzyme electrophoresis in Leptothorax classification. In: Eder, J. & Rembold, H. (Eds.), Chemistry and biology of social insects. Verlag J. Peperny, Munchen, pp. 29 - 30.

Francoeur, A. (1986 b) Deux nouvelles fourmis nearctiques: Leptothorax retractus et L. sphagnicolus (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Canadian Entomologist, 118, 1151 - 1164.

Heinze, J. (1989 b) A biochemical approach toward the systematics of the Leptothorax muscorum group in North America (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 17, 595 - 601.

Heinze, J. (1991) Biochemical studies on the relationship between socially parasitic ants and their hosts. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 19, 195 - 206.

Heinze, J. (1998 ( 1995 )) The origin of workerless parasites in Leptothorax (s. str) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge), 102, 195 - 214.

Moglich, M. (1979) Tandem calling pheromone in the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): behavioral analysis of specificity. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 5, 35 - 52.