BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lasius niger s.s. Linnaeus (Small Black Ant)

Suggested Literature

Lasius niger s.s. 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Lasius niger s.s. is associated with:

Chrysolina graminis - Tansy Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is predator of larva (early instart) UK/Ireland Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007

There may be more taxa associated with Lasius niger s.s. listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Lasius niger s.s.:

nest nest has guest larva Clytra laeviuscula - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Lasius niger s.s. 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)
Lasius
(a genus of ants)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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