Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
(an ant)

Interactions where Myrmica specioides is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live adult is ectoparasitised by ascoma ForeignRare Rickia wasmannii a laboulbeniomycete Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Tartally, A. et al, 2007
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Rickia wasmannii/Rickia wasmanniia laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica specioides/Myrmica specioidesan antliveadultRare ascoma ectoparasitises live adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Tartally, A. et al, 2007The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Mymecological News 10: 123.

Myrmica specioides (an ant) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Myrmica specioides (an ant) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyrmica specioides (an ant)
GenusMyrmica (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyMYRMICINAE (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrmica specioides (an ant)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Attewell, P.J. 2011 Myrmica scapes

Myrmica specioides (an ant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Regional

Kvamme, T. & Colingwood, C.A. 2009 The first records in Norway of Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 and Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) NJE Vol 56 (2): 65-68.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Myrmica specioides (an ant):

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