Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
(a small black ant)

Lasius platythorax (a small black ant) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lasius platythorax (a small black ant) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLasius platythorax (a small black ant)
GenusLasius (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyFORMICINAE (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 Lasius platythorax (a small black ant)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Lush, M. Separating Lasius niger and Lasius platythorax workers sifolinia.blogspot.com/2008/09/separating-lasius-niger-and-lasius.html
Seiffert, B. 1991 Lasius platythorax n. sp., a Widespread Sibling Species of Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Entomol. Gener. Vol 16(1): 69-81.

Lasius platythorax (a small black ant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lasius platythorax (a small black ant):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Lasius platythorax (a small black ant)
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