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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.
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 ...
Formicini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. [1] Genera. Alloformica Dlussky, 1969 ... Polyergus Latreille, 1804 – Amazon ants; Proformica Ruzsky, 1902
The longhorn crazy ant is able to invade new habitats and outcompete other species of ants. In 1991, in the large closed dome of the research station Biosphere 2 in the Arizona Desert, no particular ant species was dominant. By 1996, the longhorn crazy ant had virtually replaced all the other ant species.
Formicoids include such widespread and species-rich subfamilies as Myrmicinae, Formicinae and Dolichoderinae, as well as the army ants . Non-formicoids comprise five "poneroid" subfamilies ( Agroecomyrmecinae , Amblyoponinae , Paraponerinae , Ponerinae , and Proceratiinae ), Leptanillinae , about which little is known, and Martialinae , the ...
Ants have come to occupy virtually all major terrestrial habitats, with the exception of tundra and cold ever-wet forests. They display a wide range of social behaviors, foraging habits and associations with other organisms, which has generated scientific and public interest. [1] The following is a list of worldwide ant genera organised by ...
Brachymyrmex is a genus in the ants subfamily Formicinae. [2] The genus can be recognized by the combination of having nine antennal segments (fewer than most ants) and the petiole concealed by the gaster in dorsal view. They are sometimes called "rover ants". [3] [4]
Camponotus herculeanus (or Hercules ant) [1] is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus, the carpenter ants, [2] occurring in Northern Eurasia, from Norway to Eastern Siberia, and North America. First described as Formica herculeana by Linnaeus in 1758 , [ 3 ] the species was moved to Camponotus by Mayr in 1861.