Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)
(Grass Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyrmecina graminicola (Grass Ant)
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)
Records of Myrmecina graminicola (Grass Ant) :
1: Myrmecina graminicola (Grass Ant)
11 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
a few workers under stone
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - head and antennae - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Worker - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Worker - head - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Worker - pedicel - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Worker - thorax - dorsal view - close-up to show surface sculpture - microscope low magnification - silver background

Myrmecina graminicola (Grass Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrmecina graminicola (Grass Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myrmecina graminicola (Grass Ant)
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