Linepithema iniquum is a species of ant in the genus Linepithema. Described by Mayr in 1870, the species is endemic to South America and invasive in Europe.[1]

Linepithema iniquum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Linepithema
Species:
L. iniquum
Binomial name
Linepithema iniquum
(Mayr, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Iridomyrmex iniquus bicolor Forel, 1912
  • Iridomyrmex iniquus nigellus Emery, 1890
  • Iridomyrmex melleus Wheeler, W.M., 1908
  • Iridomyrmex melleus dominicensis Wheeler, W.M., 1913
  • Iridomyrmex melleus fuscescens Wheeler, W.M., 1908
  • Iridomyrmex melleus succineus Forel, 1908

References edit

  1. ^ Wild, Alexander L. (2007). Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]: Univ. of California Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0520098589.