Linepithema micans

Linepithema micans

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

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. 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).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

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Linepithema micans

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