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SpeciesHymenopteraFormicidae
Arthropods

🐜Black garden ant

Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

La hormiga negra de jardín (Lasius niger) es una hormiga de la subfamilia Formicinae, del género Lasius que se encuentra en toda Europa y en algunas partes de América del Norte, América del Sur y Asia. Las obreras son de color negro con reflejos grises y medida de 3 a 5 mm y la reina puede ser de hasta 11 mm (normalmente de 9 mm). Hay una sola reina por hormiguero. Las colonias de Lasius niger pueden alcanzar un tamaño máximo de alrededor de quince mil individuos, pero la media es alrededor de cuatro mil a siete mil individuos. La reina de Lasius niger puede vivir durante unos doce años.

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Also called
Lasius niger, Small black ant
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Maximum lifespan
28 years
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Maximum lifespan
28 years
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHymenoptera
  5. ›familyFormicidae
  6. ›genusLasius
  7. ›speciesLasius niger
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  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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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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