Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae > Lasius > Lasius nigerLasius niger (Black garden ant)Synonyms: Formica niger (homotypic); Formica nigra; Formica pallescens; Lasius alienoniger The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, found all over Europe and in some parts of North America and Asia. The European species was split into two species; L. niger is found in open areas, while L. platythorax is found in forest habitats. It is monogynous, meaning colonies have a single queen. Lasius niger is host to a number of temporary social parasites of the Lasius mixtus group including Lasius mixtus and Lasius umbratus. |
Maximum Longevity [1] | 28 years |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Afon Eden – Cors Goch Trawsfynydd |
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702 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ben Wyvis |
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13313 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Cors Caron |
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2130 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Cors Fochno |
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1613 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Crymlyn Bog/ Cors Crymlyn |
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740 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy |
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39057 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Drigg Coast |
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3453 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Firth of Lorn |
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51830 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Gower Commons/ Tiroedd Comin Gwyr |
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4390 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Grogwynion |
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104 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay Pavements |
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6449 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morvern Woods |
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4763 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North West Pembrokeshire Commons/ Comins Gogledd Orllewin Sir Benfro |
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615 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Preseli |
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6686 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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River Moriston |
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481 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Rum |
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26775 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Strathglass Complex |
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58277 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tulach Hill and Glen Fender Meadows |
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3912 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Ecology of Commanster♦ 3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg) ♦ 4Diet composition and prey choice by the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio in western Poland, Piotr Tryjanowski, Malgorzata Karolina Karg, Jerzy Karg, Belg. J. Zool., 133 (2) : 157-162 (2003) ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London ♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 7Kato, M., T. Makutani, T. Inoue, and T. Itino. 1990. Insect-flower relationship in the primary beech forest of Ashu, Kyoto: an overview of the flowering phenology and seasonal pattern of insect visits. Contr. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ. 27:309-375. ♦ 8Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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