Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833
(Ant Woodlouse)

Interactions where Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		is inquiline in nest			Formica lemani	an ant	Hymenoptera: Formicidae	Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat, Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Platyarthridae/Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii/	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii	ant woodlouse					Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formica lemani/	Formica lemani	an ant				nest
		is inquiline in nest			Lasius flavus	Yellow Meadow Ant	Hymenoptera: Formicidae	Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat, Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Platyarthridae/Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii/	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii	ant woodlouse					Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Lasius flavus/	Lasius flavus	yellow meadow ant			nest		Major
		is inquiline in nest			[Lasius niger s.l.]	small black ants	Hymenoptera: Formicidae	Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat, Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Platyarthridae/Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii/	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii	ant woodlouse					Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Lasius niger s.l./	Lasius niger s.l.	small black ants			nest		Major
		is inquiline in nest			Myrmica	a genus of ants	Hymenoptera: Formicidae	Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat, Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Platyarthridae/Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii/	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii	ant woodlouse					Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica/	Myrmica	a genus of ants			nest		Major
		is inquiline in nest			Myrmica rubra	Red Ant	Hymenoptera: Formicidae	Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat, Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Platyarthridae/Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii/	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii	ant woodlouse					Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica rubra/	Myrmica rubra	red ant			nest
		is inquiline in nest			Myrmica ruginodis	an ant	Hymenoptera: Formicidae	Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat, Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Platyarthridae/Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii/	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii	ant woodlouse					Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica ruginodis/	Myrmica ruginodis	an ant				nest

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii (Ant Woodlouse) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ISOPODA
(woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985	Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat	151pp, Institute of Terrestial Ecology

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii (Ant Woodlouse)
Family	PLATYARTHRIDAE (a family of woodlice)
Order	ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
Superorder	PERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
Class	MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
Subphylum	CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii (Ant Woodlouse)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	King, T.	2006	The value of ant-hills in grasslands	British Wildlife Vol 17 (6): 392-7.

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii (Ant Woodlouse) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ISOPODA
(woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

MALACOSTRACA
(crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)

CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii (Ant Woodlouse):

ISOPODA
(woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

MALACOSTRACA
(crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)

CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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