Linepithema micans
Species of ant
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Linepithema micans is a small species of ant from the genus Linepithema which was described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1908. This ant is endemic to southern South America.[1] In Brazil, it is considered a pest of vineyards in acting as the main species associated with the coccid Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (Wille, 1922) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae).[2] It is still a poorly studied species. Their abundant larvae are round and whitish,[3] almost indistinguishable from the proximate species Linepithema humile,[4] better known as the invasive Argentine ant.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Linepithema |
| Species: | L. micans |
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| Linepithema micans (Forel, 1908) | |
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