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SpeciesHymenopteraFormicidae
Arthropods

🐜Black garden ant

Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mravenec obecný (Lasius niger (Linné, 1758)) je v České republice nejhojnější, drobný, holarktický druh mravence.

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Also called
Lasius niger, Small black ant
Conservation status
Not evaluated

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Key measurements
Body mass
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Shoulder height
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Top speed
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Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
28 years
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Maximum lifespan
28 years
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data quality: acceptable

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHymenoptera
  5. ›familyFormicidae
  6. ›genusLasius
  7. ›speciesLasius niger
Full lineage
  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  3. superfamilyFormicoidea
  4. familyFormicidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  7. superfamilyFormicoidea
  8. familyFormicidae
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In other languages
Lasius niger (fr), svart jordmaur (nb), 黑褐毛山蟻 (zh), Hurtnica pospolita (pl), Чёрный садовый муравей (ru), Lasius niger (es) … and 17 more languages
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