tribe
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ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...
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subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Formicinae
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 ...
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Genera
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Alloformica
''Alloformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus was first described as a subgenus of ''Proformica
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from ...
'' Dlussky, 1969
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Bajcaridris
''Bajcaridris'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Its three species are known from northern Africa. ''B. theryi'' inhabits the meadows of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and ''B. kraussii'' and ''B. menozzii'' inhabit the wadis of ...
'' Agosti, 1994
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Cataglyphis
''Cataglyphis'' is a genus of ant, desert ants, in the subfamily Formicinae. Its most famous species is ''C. bicolor'', the Sahara Desert ant, which runs on hot sand to find insects that died of heat exhaustion, and can, like other several oth ...
Formica
''Formica'' is a genus of ants of the family Formicidae, 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 ''For ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758
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Iberoformica
''Iberoformica'' is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.
Taxonomy
The genus was first described as a subgenus of ''Formica'' by Tinaut (1990), when he reclassified ''Formica subrufa'' as '' Iberoformica subrufa'', the type species ...
'' Tinaut, 1990
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Polyergus
''Polyergus'' is a small genus of ants with 14 described species. They are also referred to by the names "Slave-raiding ants" or "Amazon ants". They are characterized by their habit of raiding nests (of Formica) for workers.
Reproduction
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'' Latreille, 1804 – Amazon ants
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Proformica
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen ( ...
Rossomyrmex
''Rossomyrmex'' is a genus of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus consists of four species, each with a single host from the genus '' Proformica'', and has a very wide range of distribution from China to southeastern Spain ...