- Leptothorax recedens
Taxobox
name = "Leptothorax recedens"
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
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 on29 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 familyFormicidae . It is found inFrance ,Italy , andSpain , with the most recent finding inSlovenia [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 evaluatedhymenopteran species listed as "Least concern ", although its status hasn't been re-evaluated at least since2000 .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 on31 July 2007 .
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