the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Lasias (2)
turf-ant1816
a small yellow European ant (Formica flava, or Lasius flavus), living in dry heathy turf.
meadow ant1879
either of two European ants, the small Lasius flavus (in full yellow meadow ant) and the large Formica pratensis.