Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
(Slender Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptothorax acervorum (Slender Ant)
GenusLeptothorax (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyMYRMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Leptothorax acervorum (Slender Ant) :
1: Leptothorax acervorum (Slender Ant)
19 Aug 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
worker, by general sweeping
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - alitrunk - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Worker - alitrunk - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Worker - antennae - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Worker - head and antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Worker - head and pronotum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Worker - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Worker - mesothorax, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Worker - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Worker - propodeum and petiole - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Leptothorax acervorum (Slender Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptothorax acervorum (Slender Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leptothorax acervorum (Slender Ant)

Differs from the other native Myrmicine ants as follows:

Antennae with 11 segments not 12 (flagellum with 10 not 11)
Propodeal spines cylindrical and bluntly rounded in dorsal view, not tapered and sharply pointed
Smaller than Myrmica

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