The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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feeds on elaiosome | Carex pilulifera | Pill Sedge | Poales: Cyperaceae | Seed fate in a population of Carex pilulifera L.: I. Seed dispersal and ant-seed mutualism, Kjellsson, G, 1985 |
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nest | nest may be found in decayed stump | [Trees] | broadleaved and coniferous trees | Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 |
The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Filters:
Affected Part | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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nest with inquiline | Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii | Ant Woodlouse | Isopoda: Platyarthridae | Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat, Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985 |
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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 |
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may attract imago | Colobostema nigripenne | a scatopsid fly | Diptera: Scatopsidae | Bibionid and Scatopsid Flies, Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P., 1985 |
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worker spreads seed | Carex pilulifera | Pill Sedge | Poales: Cyperaceae | Seed fate in a population of Carex pilulifera L.: I. Seed dispersal and ant-seed mutualism, Kjellsson, G, 1985 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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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 |
Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P., 1985 | Bibionid and Scatopsid Flies | Handbook for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 9, Part 7, 74pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London |
Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985 | Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat | 151pp, Institute of Terrestial Ecology |
Kjellsson, G, 1985 | Seed fate in a population of Carex pilulifera L.: I. Seed dispersal and ant-seed mutualism | Oecologia Vol 67, no. 3: 416-423. |
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe | Diperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9. |
Myrmica ruginodis (an ant) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrmica ruginodis (an ant) |
Myrmica ruginodis (an ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Kjellsson, G | 1985 | Seed fate in a population of Carex pilulifera L.: I. Seed dispersal and ant-seed mutualism | Oecologia Vol 67, no. 3: 416-423. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Myrmica ruginodis (an ant):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 11 images of Myrmica ruginodis (an ant) |
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