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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 ]
Carpenter ant (Camponotus sp.)The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little tendency toward reduction of palp or antennal segmentation in most species, except subterranean groups.
Alloformica Dlussky, 1969 †Asymphylomyrmex Wheeler, 1915 Bajcaridris Agosti, 1994; Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 †Cataglyphoides Dlussky, 2008 †Conoformica Dlussky, 2008 Formica Linnaeus, 1758
Formica is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. [3] The type species of genus Formica is the European red wood ant Formica rufa. [1] Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long. [4] Ants belonging to the Formica genus possess a single knob or bump located between their thorax and abdomen. These ants ...
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Formica pallidefulva (a field ant) is a species of ant found in North America. It is a red to dark brown ant with a shiny body, and varies in shade across its range. Colonies of this ant are found in a variety of habitats, where they excavate underground nests with galleries and chambers.
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Formica foreli is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae. [1] It is native to Europe. [1] References This page was last edited on 16 May 2024, at 20:48 ...