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Myrmica ruginodis Nylander (an ant)

Suggested Literature

Myrmica ruginodis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
FORMICOIDEA FORMICIDAE
(ants)
Myrmica
(a genus of ants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Myrmica ruginodis is associated with:

Photos nest Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees nest may be found in decayed stump Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975

There may be more taxa associated with Myrmica ruginodis listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Myrmica ruginodis:

may attract imago Colobostema nigripenne - a scatopsid fly (Diptera: Scatopsidae) Minor Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P., 1985
Photos nest nest with inquiline Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi - Ant Woodlouse (Isopoda: Platyarthridae) UK/Ireland Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
pupa pupa is predated by larva Microdon mutabilis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993

Myrmica ruginodis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
FORMICOIDEA FORMICIDAE
(ants)
Myrmica
(a genus of ants)

References

Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 Hymenoptera: Formicidae
Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P., 1985 Bibionid and Scatopsid Flies
Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985 Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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