''Formica montana'' is an ant in the genus'' Formica'' (wood ants, mound ants, and field ants) in the family Formicidae.
A common name for ''F. montana'' is "prairie mound ant".
[Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J. 2007.]
[Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.]
F. montana are often
polygynous
Polygyny (; from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία (); ) is the most common and accepted form of polygamy around the world, entailing the marriage of a man with several women.
Incidence
Polygyny is more widespread in Africa than in any ...
, a single colony can have as many as 20 queens present.
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montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
Insects described in 1910
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