FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809
(ants)

Interactions where FORMICIDAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
makes a slave of APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / slave maker /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids
feeds on honeydew Aphis sambuci Elder Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) sambuci/Aphis (Aphis) sambucielder aphid
feeds on honeydew colony Chaitophorus populeti a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus populeti/Chaitophorus populetia hairy aphidcolony
feeds on honeydew colony Chaitophorus salicti a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus salicti/Chaitophorus salictia hairy aphidcolony
feeds on honeydew colony Chaitophorus vitellinae a hiary aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus vitellinae/Chaitophorus vitellinaea hiary aphidcolony
feeds on honeydew Maculolachnus submacula Rose Root Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Maculolachnus submacula/Maculolachnus submacularose root aphid
makes a slave of COCCOIDEA scale insects, coccids Hemiptera Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / slave maker /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccoidea/Coccoideascale insects, coccids
makes a slave of PSEUDOCOCCIDAE mealybugs Hemiptera Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants Animal / slave maker /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Pseudococcidaemealybugs

Interactions where FORMICIDAE 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').

Filters:

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
pupa is predated by larva Microdon analis an ant hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Microdon analis/Microdon analisan ant hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeantspupa larva is predator of pupa
pupa is predated by larva Microdon mutabilis s.l. an ant hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Microdon mutabilis s.l./Microdon mutabilis s.l.an ant hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeantspupa larva is predator of pupa
brood is predated by larva Questionable Chrysotoxum a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Chrysotoxum/Chrysotoxuma genus of hoverflieslarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants?brood larva is predator of brood
brood is predated by larva Questionable Doros profuges Phantom Hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Doros profuges/Doros profugesphantom hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeants?brood larva is predator of brood
adult is predated by leaf Minor Pinguicula vulgaris Common Butterwort Lamiales: Lentibulariaceae Insectivorous Plants, Darwin, C., 1875
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lentibulariaceae/Pinguicula vulgaris/Pinguicula vulgariscommon butterwortleaf Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/FormicidaeantsadultMinor leaf is predator of adult
nest nest with inquiline larva Questionable Smaragdina affinis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/Smaragdina affinisa leaf beetlelarva Animal / inquilineRelationship uncertain /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeantsnest larva is inquiline in nest
nest nest may attract larva Microdon analis an ant hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Microdon analis/Microdon analisan ant hoverflylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeantsnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest may attract larva Microdon mutabilis s.l. an ant hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Microdon mutabilis s.l./Microdon mutabilis s.l.an ant hoverflylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeantsnest larva is associated with nest
nest nest has guest nymph Alydus calcaratus an ant bug Hemiptera: Alydidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Alydidae/Alydus calcaratus/Alydus calcaratusan ant bugnymph Animal / guest /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeantsnest nymph is a guest in nest
nest nest may attract colony of anamorph UK/Ireland Hormiscium pithyophilum var myrmecophilum an anamorphic fungus Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Hormiscium pithyophilum var. myrmecophilum/Hormiscium pithyophilum var. myrmecophiluman anamorphic funguscolonyanamorph Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formicidaeantsnest colony of anamorph is associated with nest

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Darwin, C., 1875Insectivorous Plants463pp
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005FungiNew Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & CallaphididaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

FORMICIDAE (ants) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FORMICIDAE (ants) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Subfamily 22 subtaxa 115 trophisms 29 references
Subfamily 19 subtaxa 53 trophisms 13 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 FORMICIDAE (ants)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A. 1975 Hymenoptera: Formicidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 3(C), 34pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Collingwood, C.A. 1979 The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 8, 175pp, Scandinavian Science Press
Lebas, C.I. Key to identifying common French ants keyants.free.fr/index.html
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

FORMICIDAE (ants) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Formicidae discussion group
Myrmecologische Nachrichten
Heath, J., Harding, P.T. & Barrett, K.E J. 1979 Provisional atlas of the insects of the British Isles. Part 5 Formicidae 2nd ed edition, 48pp, Biological Records Centre

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Alien Species

Birkemoe, T. & Aak, A. 2008 Indoor infestations of two imported ant species (Pheidole anastasii Mayr, 1870 and Pheidole punctatissima Emery, 1896) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Norway NJE Vol 55 (1): 45-47.
Kvamme, T. & Lonnve, O.J. 2008 Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Norway NJE Vol 55 (1): 105-108.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to FORMICIDAE (ants):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 205 images of FORMICIDAE (ants)
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