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FORMICIDAE (ants)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Formicidae	Imago	16 August 1975	Surrey	England	1

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Anergates atratulus (Schenck) (Dark Guest Ant)					1
Species	Aphaenogaster subterranea (an ant)					1
Genus	Formica (a genus of ants)	9	9	11		33
Species	Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander) (Shining Guest Ant)					4
Genus	Lasius (a genus of ants)	10	5	15	2	43
Genus	Leptothorax (a genus of ants)	3
Species	Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius) (Slender Ant)					3
Species	Leptothorax interruptus (Schenck) (an ant)					1
Species	Leptothorax nylanderi (Forster) (an ant)					2
Species	Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille) (Grass Ant)					2
Genus	Myrmica (a genus of ants)	5	2		1	15
Species	Solenopsis fugax (Latreille) (an ant)					2
Species	Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck) (an ant)					2
Genus	Tetramorium (a genus of ants)	1
Species	Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) (Turf Ant)					3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

General Works

FORMICIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

FORMICIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Formicidae listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with FORMICIDAE:

	adult	adult is predated by leaf	Pinguicula vulgaris - Common Butterwort (Lentibulariaceae)		Darwin, C., 1875 [p370]
	brood	brood is predated by larva	Chrysotoxum - a genus of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	brood	brood is predated by larva	Doros conopseus - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in wood]
	nest	nest may attract larva	Microdon analis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	nest	nest may attract larva	Microdon mutabilis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	nest	nest may attract colony of anamorph	Hormiscium pithyophilum var. myrmecophilum - an anamorphic fungus		Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
	nest	nest with inquiline larva	Smaragdina affinis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Cox, M.L., 2007
	pupa	pupa is predated by larva	Microdon analis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	pupa	pupa is predated by larva	Microdon mutabilis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993

Formicidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References