''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small

ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

s with mainly

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...

distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their life cycles. Closely related genera are ''

Cardiocondyla ''Cardiocondyla'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Distribution Approximately 70 species are currently recognized as belonging to this genus, most of which are distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics, but a ...

'', '' Stereomyrmex'' and '' Romblonella''.

Species

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Leptothorax acervorum ''Leptothorax acervorum'' is a small brown to yellow ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. ''L. acervorum'' is vastly distributed across the globe, most commonly found in the coniferous fore ...

'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Leptothorax athabasca'' Buschinger & Schulz, 2008 *'' Leptothorax buschingeri'' Kutter, 1967 *''

Leptothorax calderoni ''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their lif ...

'' Creighton, 1950 *'' Leptothorax crassipilis'' Wheeler, 1917 *'' Leptothorax faberi'' Buschinger, 1983 *'' Leptothorax goesswaldi'' Kutter, 1967 *'' Leptothorax gredleri'' Mayr, 1855 *'' Leptothorax kutteri'' Buschinger, 1966 *''

Leptothorax muscorum ''Leptothorax muscorum'' is a species of ant of the genus ''Leptothorax'' that ranges through a variety of habitats throughout much of Europe, northern Asia, and North and Central America, with a particularly wide distribution in the palearctic. ...

'' (Nylander, 1846) *'' Leptothorax oceanicus'' (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928) *'' Leptothorax pacis'' (Kutter, 1945) *''

Leptothorax paraxenus ''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their lif ...

'' Heinze & Alloway, 1992 *''

Leptothorax pocahontas ''Leptothorax pocahontas'' (Powhatan: ''pocahontas'' = playful one) is a threatened species of ant endemic to Alberta, Canada,Buschinger, A. 1979. ''Doronomyrmex pocahontas'', n. sp., a parasitic ant from Alberta, Canada (Hym. Formicidae). Ins. ...

'' (Buschinger, 1979) *''

Leptothorax retractus ''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their lif ...

'' Francoeur, 1986 *''

Leptothorax scamni ''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their lif ...

'' Ruzsky, 1905 *''

Leptothorax sphagnicola ''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their lif ...

'' Francoeur, 1986 *''

Leptothorax wilsoni ''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their lif ...

'' Heinze, 1989 *''

Leptothorax zhengi ''Leptothorax'' is a genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distributions. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their lif ...

'' Zhou & Chen, 2011

References

Ant genera Taxa named by Gustav Mayr Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{myrmicinae-stub