Linepithema piliferum
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| Linepithema piliferum | |
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| File:Linepithema piliferum casent0106979 profile 1.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Linepithema |
| Species: | L. piliferum
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| Binomial name | |
| Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870)
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Linepithema piliferum is a species of ant in the genus Linepithema. Described by Mayr in 1870, the species is endemic to the mountains of Northwestern South America,[1] to Costa Rica[2]
The colonies contain multiple queens and multiple nests. A nest excavation in Equador in 2002 revealed that, "at least one nest contained a colony of root aphids feeding on grass roots growing through the nest."[3]
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