Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
(Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLasius brunneus (Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant)
GenusLasius (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyFORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lasius brunneus (Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant) :
1: Lasius brunneus (Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant)
13 May 2014 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
workers, visiting Alexanders umbel
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Worker - petiole and alitrunk - posterior view (gaster removed) - microscope low magnification - silver background

Lasius brunneus (Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lasius brunneus (Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lasius brunneus (Brown Ant, Brown Tree Ant)
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