BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Formica lemani Bondroit (an ant)

Suggested Literature

Formica lemani 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

Formica lemani is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Formica lemani listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Formica lemani:

brood brood is predated by adult Formica sanguinea - Blood-red Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975
Photos nest nest with inquiline Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi - Ant Woodlouse (Isopoda: Platyarthridae) UK/Ireland Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
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) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Formica lemani 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)
Formica
(a genus of ants)

References

Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 Hymenoptera: Formicidae
Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985 Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat
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

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