Linepithema piliferum

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]

Linepithema piliferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Linepithema
Species:	L. piliferum
Binomial name
Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870)

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]