Linepithema iniquum

Linepithema iniquum
Scientific classification
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;

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]

References

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.

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[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.