Linepithema micans explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wild. Alexander L.. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). 2007. Univ. of California Press. Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]. 978-0520098589. 86.
  2. Teixeira. Ivonel. Botton. Marcos. Loeck. Alci Enimar. July 2002. Avaliação de Inseticidas Visando ao Controle de Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (Hempel) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) em Novos Plantios de Videira. Neotropical Entomology. 31. 3. 457–461. 10.1590/S1519-566X2002000300017. 1519-566X. free.
  3. Nondillo. Aline. Solis. Daniel Russ. Fox. Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson. Rossi. Mônica Lanzoni. Botton. Marcos. Bueno. Odair Correa. 2011. Description of the immatures of workers of the ant Linepithema micans forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Microscopy Research and Technique. 74. 4. 337–342. 10.1002/jemt.20913. 20734410. 8473292. 1097-0029.
  4. Solis. Daniel R. Fox. Eduardo G. P. Rossi. Mônica L. Bueno. Odair C. 2010. Description of the immatures of Linepithema humile Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biological Research. 43. 1. 19–30. 10.4067/S0716-97602010000100004. 21157629. 0716-9760. free. 11449/19898. free.

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