Linepithema micans

Linepithema micans is a small species of ant from the genus Linepithema which was described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1908. This ant is endemic to southern South America.^[1] In Brazil, it is considered a pest of vineyards in acting as the main species associated with the coccid Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (Wille, 1922) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae).^[2] It is still a poorly studied species. Their abundant larvae are round and whitish,^[3] almost indistinguishable from the proximate species Linepithema humile,^[4] better known as the invasive Argentine ant.

Linepithema micans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Linepithema
Species:	L. micans
Binomial name
Linepithema micans (Forel, 1908)
Synonyms
Iridomyrmex humilis platensis Forel, 1912 Iridomyrmex humilis scotti Santschi, 1919