Pseudomyrmex leptosus

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Pseudomyrmex leptosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species:
P. leptosus
Binomial name
Pseudomyrmex leptosus
Ward, 1985

Pseudomyrmex leptosus is a species of ant in the genus Pseudomyrmex . It is endemic to certain regions in the United States. [1] The species has completely lost its worker caste. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). "Pseudomyrmex leptosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T18548A8419797. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18548A8419797.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Sumner, S.; Nash, D. R.; Boomsma, J. J. (22 June 2003). "The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 270 (1521): 1315–1322. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2362. PMC   1691370 . PMID   12816646.


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