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Wood, Mound, and Field Ants
Formica
Formica is a genus of ants of the subfamily Formicinae, including species commonly known as wood ants, mound ants, thatching ants, and field ants. Formica is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. The type species of genus Formica is the European red wood ant Formica rufa. Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
fusca-group Field Ants and Allies
complexFormica fusca
rufa-group Wood Ants
complexFormica rufa
pallidefulva-group Field Ants
complexFormica pallidefulva
integra-group Field and Mound Ants
complexFormica integra
rufibarbis-group Wood Ants
complexFormica rufibarbis
Slave-raider Field and Mound Ants
complexFormica sanguinea
exsecta-group Wood and Mound Ants
complexFormica exsecta
cinerea-group Field Ants
complexFormica cinerea
Neogagates-group Field Ants
complexFormica neogagates
Formica gagates
speciesFormica gagates
Difficilis-group Field Ants
complexFormica difficilis
Formica uralensis
speciesFormica uralensis
dakotensis-group Mound Ants
complexFormica dakotensis
subpilosa-group Field Ants
complexFormica subpilosa
Formica rufolucida
speciesFormica rufolucida
Formica tibetana
speciesFormica tibetana
Formica sentschuensis
speciesFormica sentschuensis
Formica flori
speciesFormica flori
Formica villiscapa
speciesFormica villiscapa
Formica dachaidanensis
speciesFormica dachaidanensis
Formica gravelyi
speciesFormica gravelyi
Formica liogaster
speciesFormica liogaster
Formica obsidiana
speciesFormica obsidiana
Formica adelungi
speciesFormica adelungi
Formica aterrima
speciesFormica aterrima
Formica aseta
speciesFormica aseta
Formica breviscapa
speciesFormica breviscapa
Formica draven
speciesFormica draven
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47339.