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Taxonomic studies continue to resolve the classification and systematics of ants. Online databases of ant species, including AntWeb and the Hymenoptera Name Server, help to keep track of the known and newly described species. [ 37 ]
Ants (family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera) are the most species-rich of all social insects, with more than 12,000 described species and many others awaiting description. [1] Formicidae is divided into 21 subfamilies , of which 17 are extant and four subfamilies are extinct , described from fossils .
Ants (family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera) are the most species-rich of all social insects, with more than 12,000 described species and many others awaiting description. [1] Formicidae is divided into 21 subfamilies , of which 17 contain extant taxa , while four are exclusively fossil . [ 2 ]
At least 66 insect species extinctions have been recorded since 1500, many of them on oceanic islands. [178] Declines in insect abundance have been attributed to human activity in the form of artificial lighting, [ 179 ] land use changes such as urbanization or farming, [ 180 ] [ 181 ] pesticide use, [ 182 ] and invasive species.
Carpenter ants are generally large ants: workers are 4–7 mm long in small species and 7–13 mm in large species, queens are 9–20 mm long and males are 5–13 mm long. The bases of the antennae are separated from the clypeal border by a distance of at least the antennal scape's maximum diameter.
The weaver ant genus Oecophylla is relatively old, and 15 fossil species have been described from Eocene to Miocene deposits. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] The oldest members of both Oecophyllini and Oecophylla are fossils described from the mid- Ypresian Eocene Okanagan Highlands of Northwestern North America. [ 9 ]
Pages in category "Ant taxonomy" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. P. Poneromorph subfamilies; S.
Tetramorium is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae that includes more than 520 species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These ants are also known as pavement ants . Taxonomy and phylogeny