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Formica subsericea, colloquially known as the black field ant, is a species of ant in the genus Formica. [1] [2] It is found in the eastern United States and Canada. Workers of this species are incredibly fast and quite timid. Workers of this species are commonly found working as slaves in Polyergus colonies.
Formica pratensis nuda Ruzsky, 1926 [2] Formica pratensis pratensis Retzius, 1783 [3] Formica pratensis starkei Betrem, 1960 [4] Some morphs have previously been named as their own species, like F. nigropratensis Betrem 1962 [5] and Formica nigricans Emery in 1909, but are now considered junior synonymes of Formica pratensis. [6]
Formica is a laminated composite material invented at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the United States in 1912. Originally used to replace mica in electrical applications, it has since been manufactured for multiple applications. It has been produced by Formica Group manufacturing sites across the globe since.
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Formica sanguinea, or blood-red ant, is a species of facultative slave-maker ant in the genus Formica characterized by the ability to secrete formic acid. It ranges from Central and Northern Europe through Russia to Japan , China , the Korean Peninsula , Africa and also the United States . [ 1 ]
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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 ...
Formica aquilonia, also called the Scottish wood ant, is a species of wood ant of the genus Formica which are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany to Russia, while they are also found in the coastal areas of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Siberia.