Linepithema

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia:Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Linepithema
Species (22): L. anathema – L. angulatum – L. aztecoides – L. cerradense – L. cryptobioticum – L. dispertitum – L. flavescens – L. fuscum – L. gallardoi – L. hirsutum – L. hispaniolae – L. humile – L. humiloides – L. inacatum – L. iniquum – L. keiteli – L. leucomelas – L. micans – L. neotropicum – L. oblongum – L. piliferum – L. pulex – L. tsachila
Name

Linepithema Mayr, 1866

References

Escárraga, M. & Guerrero, R.J. 2016. The ant genus Linepithema (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in Colombia. Zootaxa 4208(5): 446–458. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.3. Reference page.
Orr, M.R.; Seike, S.H.; Benson, W.W.; Dahlsten, D.L. 2001: Host specificity of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitoids that attack Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South America. Environmental entomology 30(4): 742–747. DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.4.742 Open access. Reference page.
Wild, A.L. 2007: Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California publications in entomology 126 Abstract PDF Reference page.
Wild, A.L. 2009: Evolution of the Neotropical ant genus Linepithema. Systematic entomology 34(1): 49-62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00435.x Paywall. Reference page.

Links

Linepithema Mayr, 1866 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Linepithema – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Linepithema Mayr 1866 Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
JAnt: genus: Linepithema

Vernacular names
日本語: アルゼンチンアリ属

Linepithema is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2]

Distribution
L. humile ants patrolling on a plant (Ficus sur) in South Africa, well outside their native range

Their native distribution rage from northern Mexico, east into the Caribbean, and south into northern Argentina. Two species have been spread around the world by human activities: L. iniquum and L. humile. The latter is better known as the Argentine ant, an invasive species with notable presence in Mediterranean climates. Linepithema species are found from sea level and up to 4,000 meters above sea level in the Andes.[3]
Species

Linepithema anathema (Wild, 2007)
Linepithema angulatum (Emery, 1894)
Linepithema aztecoides (Wild, 2007)
Linepithema cerradense (Wild, 2007)
Linepithema cryptobioticum (Wild, 2007)
Linepithema dispertitum (Forel, 1885)
Linepithema flavescens (Wheeler & Mann, 1914)
Linepithema fuscum (Mayr, 1866)
Linepithema gallardoi (Brèthes, 1914)
Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)
Linepithema inacatum (Bolton, 1995)
Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)
Linepithema keiteli (Forel, 1907)
Linepithema leucomelas (Emery, 1894)
Linepithema micans (Forel, 1908)
Linepithema neotropicum (Wild, 2007)
Linepithema oblongum (Santschi, 1929)
Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870)
Linepithema pulex (Wild, 2007)
Linepithema tsachila (Wild, 2007)

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Linepithema". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
"Genus: Linepithema". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
Wild, A. L. (2007). "Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". University of California Publications in Entomology. 126: 1–151.