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Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi Brandt, 1833 (Ant Woodlouse)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi 6 July 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

King, T., 2006 (Colour photograph) The value of ant-hills in grasslands

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)
MALACOSTRACA
(crabs, woodlice, shrimps etc.)
ISOPODA
(woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi is associated with:

Formica lemani - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is inquiline in nest UK/Ireland Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
Photos Lasius flavus - Yellow Meadow Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is inquiline in nest UK/Ireland Major Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
Photos Lasius niger s.l. - Small Black Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is inquiline in nest UK/Ireland Major Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
Photos Myrmica - a genus of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is inquiline in nest UK/Ireland Major Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
Myrmica rubra - Red Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is inquiline in nest UK/Ireland Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
Myrmica ruginodis - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is inquiline in nest UK/Ireland Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985

Associated with Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi:

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)
ISOPODA
(woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

References

Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985 Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat

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