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Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille) (Jet Ant)

Suggested Literature

Lasius fuliginosus 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

Lasius fuliginosus is associated with:

Photos nest Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees carton-containing nest may be found in old hedgerow Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975
Photos nest Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees carton-containing nest may be found in old stump Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975
Photos nest Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees carton-containing nest may be found in old trunk Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975
queen (newly mated) Lasius mixtus - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queen (newly mated) takes over nest Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975
queen (newly mated) Lasius umbratus - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queen (newly mated) takes over nest Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975

There may be more taxa associated with Lasius fuliginosus listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Lasius fuliginosus:

may attract imago Holoplagia transversalis - a scatopsid fly (Diptera: Scatopsidae) Minor Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P., 1985

Lasius fuliginosus 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)
Lasius
(a genus of ants)

References

Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 Hymenoptera: Formicidae
Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P., 1985 Bibionid and Scatopsid Flies

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