Leptothorax Mayr 1855 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: G. Mayr. 1855. Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im österreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen, nebst Hinzufügung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Arten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien 5:273-478

Parent taxon: Crematogastrini according to P. S. Ward et al. 2015

See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Carpenter 1992, Mayr 1855 and Wheeler 1915

Sister taxa: Cardiocondyla, Carebara, Cataulacus, Crematogaster, Eocenomyrma, Gauromyrmex, Hypopomyrmex, Lonchomyrmex, Lophomyrmex, Lordomyrma, Meranoplus, Myrmecina, Nesomyrmex, Oxyidris, Parameranoplus, Podomyrma, Pristomyrmex, Proatta, Proleptothorax, Stigmomyrmex, Stiphromyrmex, Temnothorax, Tetramorium, Thanacomyrmex, Vollenhovia

Subtaxa: Leptothorax (Macromischa) Leptothorax muscorum

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Greenland (1)

• Miocene of United States (1: Alaska)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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