BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Formica fusca Linnaeus (Negro Ant)
Suggested Literature
Formica fusca may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Formica fusca is associated with:
There may be taxa associated with Formica fusca listed at higher taxonomic level
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HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Associated with Formica fusca:
| brood | brood is predated by adult | Formica sanguinea - Blood-red Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 | ||
| nest | nest has guest larva | Clytra laeviuscula - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 | ||
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nest | nest is parasitised by queen (newly mated) | Formica rufa - Red Wood Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | 
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Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 |
| nest | nest is taken over by queen | Formica sanguinea - Blood-red Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 | ||
| pupa | pupa is predated by larva | Microdon mutabilis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | ||
| worker | worker may be a slave of | Formica sanguinea - Blood-red Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | 
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Macdonald, M.A., in prep. |
Formica fusca may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) |
FORMICOIDEA |
FORMICIDAE (ants) |
Formica (a genus of ants) |
References
| Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 | Hymenoptera: Formicidae |
| Cox, M.L., 2007 | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland |
| Macdonald, M.A., in prep. | Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe |
