Leptothorax athabasca has been discovered and described by Buschinger, A. & Schulz, A. in 2008. It is endemic to the area around Athabasca Falls in Alberta, Canada.Buschinger, A. & Schulz, A., 2008, Leptothorax athabasca sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Alberta, Canada, an ant with an apparently restricted range., Myrmecologische Nachrichten (11), pp. 243-248: 244-247

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