Formica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Formicinae Tribe: Formicini Genus: Formica Linnaeus, 1758
Species
very many, see text Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia” redirects here. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... {{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Insects | fossil_range = Carboniferous - Recent | image = European honey bee extracts nectar. ... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... Subfamilies Formicomorph subfamilies Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e. ... Tribes, Genera and Species Species: Formica rufa Genus: Camponotus(World-wide) Formica, Lasius(Holartic) Gigantiops(Neotropical) Polyrhachis(Asian, African tropics) Melophorus(Australian) Kyromyrma(Cretaceous fossil) Tribes: Camponotini Formicini Gesomyrmecini Gigantiopini Lasiini Melophorini Myrmecorhynchini Myrmoteratini Notostigmatini Oecophyllini Plagiolepidini The Formicinae is a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ...

Formica is a genus of ants. Species of the Forelian formica group, whose type is the red or southern wood ant Formica rufa, are generally referred to as the wood ants. Many of the better known species have common names that usually include the words "wood ant", although F.rufa is also known as the "horse ant". The most common species in any particular area is likely to be referred to locally simply as the "wood ant". As their name implies, they tend to live in wooded areas where there exists no shortage of material with which they can thatch their mounds. However, sunlight is most important to Formica species, and colonies rarely survive for any considerable period in deeply shaded, dense woodland. The most shade tolerant species is F. lugubris. For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Subfamilies Aenictogitoninae Agroecomyrmecinae Amblyoponinae (incl. ... Type has historically had the following uses: In biology, a type is the specimen or specimens upon which an original species description is based. ...

There are many species of Formica (ITIS records nearly 200). Some species, including Formica rufa, which is common in Southern England, make large visible nests of dry plant stems, leaves, or pine needles, usually based around a rotting stump. Wood ants typically secrete formic acid; F. rufa can squirt the acid from its acidopore several feet if alarmed. They can be relatively large: F. rufa workers can reach a maximum length of around 10 mm. Please note that the ITIS system URL has changed (25 September 2006). ... Southern England is a vague term referring to the south of England. ... Subgenera Subgenus Strobus Subgenus Ducampopinus Subgenus Pinus See Pinus classification for complete taxonomy to species level. ... Formic acid (systematically called methanoic acid) is the simplest carboxylic acid. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...

Species

• Formica aquilonia Yarrow
• Formica cunicularia Latreille
• Formica exsecta Nylander
• Formica exsectoides
• Formica fusca Linnaeus (F. (Serviformica) fusca)
• Formica lemani Bondroit
• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt
• Formica polyctena
• Formica pratensis Retzius
• Formica rufa Linnaeus
• Formica rufibarbis F.
• Formica sanguinea Latreille Fabricius - said to enslave other ants^[1]
• Formica transkaucasica Nasonov

Formica aquilonia 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... Binomial name Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 Formica cunicularia (Latreille) is a mining ant of the Formica fusca group. ... Pierre André Latreille. ... Binomial name Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 Narrow Headed Ant (Formica exsecta) or Excised Wood Ant is a species of ant native to the British Isles. ... Binomial name Formica exsectoides Forel The Allegheny mound ant (Formica exsectoides) is a type of ant native to the Atlantic area of North America. ... Binomial name Formica fusca L., 1758 Formica fusca, the common black ant of Europe, is a palaearctic ant with a range extending from Portugal in the east to Japan in the west and from Italy in the south to Fennoscandia in the north. ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Binomial name Formica rufa L. Formica rufa, also known as the Southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, commonly found throughout southern England in both conferous and broadleaf broken woodland and parkland. ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Binomial name Formica rufibarbis Fabricius 1793 Formica rufibarbis is a European formicine ant of the Formica fusca group. ... Pierre André Latreille. ... Johann Christian Fabricius. ...

External links

• Myrmecos.net: Formica ant image gallery

References

1. ^ cf. P. Huber via Darwin's Origin of Species, in Chapter VIII. Instinct