Leptothorax recedens

Taxobox
name = "Leptothorax recedens"


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Formicidae
genus = "Leptothorax"
species = "L. recedens"
binomial = "Leptothorax recedens"
binomial_authority = (Nylander, 1856)
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies [ [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=579653 ITIS Standard Report Page: "Leptothorax recedens"] . Downloaded on 29 October 2007.]
subdivision ="Leptothorax recedens barbarus" Santschi, 1939
"Leptothorax recedens recedens" (Nylander, 1856)
synonyms = "Leptothorax ergatogyna" Bernard, 1950

"Leptothorax recedens" is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is found in France, Italy, and Spain, with the most recent finding in Slovenia [Bračko G. (2007). " [http://web.bf.uni-lj.si/bi/NATURA-SLOVENIAE/pdf/NatSlo_9_1_2.pdf Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)] " Natura Sloveniae, 9(1), 15-24] .

In his 2003 revision of the Formicidae family, Bolton placed this species in the genus "Temnothorax" [Bolton B. (2003): "Synopsis and classification of Formicidae". Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 1-370.] , although many authors still use the original clasification.

Conservation status

It is the only IUCN evaluated hymenopteran species listed as "Least concern", although its status hasn't been re-evaluated at least since 2000.

References

* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/41985/all "Leptothorax recedens"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] . Downloaded on 31 July 2007.