Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
(Yellow Meadow Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLasius flavus (Yellow Meadow 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 flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant) :
1: Lasius flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant)
1 Mar 2020 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Large worker, in Tor Grass tussock
Image 1: Worker - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - head, antennae and fore-legs - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Worker - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Lasius flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant)
23 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU16 51° 20’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Small ant-hills on downland
Image 1: Small anthills on downland

Lasius flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lasius flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lasius flavus (Yellow Meadow Ant)
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