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Formica  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154211

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2001   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyVespoidea  – vespoid wasps  
                                           FamilyFormicidae  – ants, fourmis  
                                              SubfamilyFormicinae   
                                                 TribeFormicini   
                                                    GenusFormica Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802  
                                                       Species Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica acuminata Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1909  
                                                       Species Formica adelungi Forel, 1904  
                                                       Species Formica aegyptiaca Fabricius, 1775  
                                                       Species Formica aemula Heer, 1867  
                                                       Species Formica aequalis Walker, 1871  
                                                       Species Formica aerata Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica affinis Leach, 1825  
                                                       Species Formica albipennis Fabricius, 1793  
                                                       Species Formica alsatica Theobald, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica altipetens Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica amyoti Le Guillou, 1842  
                                                       Species Formica antiqua Dlussky, 1967  
                                                       Species Formica approximans Wheeler, 1933  
                                                       Species Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955  
                                                       Species Formica arcana Scudder, 1877  
                                                       Species Formica archboldi Smith, 1944  
                                                       Species Formica arenicola Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912  
                                                       Species Formica aserva Forel, 1901  
                                                       Species Formica atavina Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica aterrima Cresson, 1865  
                                                       Species Formica atra Schilling, 1839  
                                                       Species Formica auxillacensis Piton, 1935  
                                                       Species Formica balcanica Petrov & Collingwood, 1993  
                                                       Species Formica baltica Dlussky, 1967  
                                                       Species Formica bauckhorni Meunier, 1915  
                                                       Species Formica beijingensis Wu, 1990  
                                                       Species Formica bicolor Leach, 1825  
                                                       Species Formica bradleyi Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica browni Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica bruni Kutter, 1967  
                                                       Species Formica brunneonitida Dlussky, 1964  
                                                       Species Formica buphthalma Novak, 1878  
                                                       Species Formica californica (Creighton, 1950)  
                                                       Species Formica calviceps Cole, 1954  
                                                       Species Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914  
                                                       Species Formica candida Smith, 1878  
                                                       Species Formica cantalica Piton, 1935  
                                                       Species Formica capito Heer, 1867  
                                                       Species Formica chufejif Forskal, 1775  
                                                       Species Formica ciliata Mayr, 1886  
                                                       Species Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853  
                                                       Species Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929  
                                                       Species Formica clara Forel, 1886  
                                                       Species Formica clymene Wheeler, 1915  
                                                       Species Formica cockerelli Carpenter, 1930  
                                                       Species Formica coloradensis Creighton, 1940  
                                                       Species Formica comata Wheeler, 1909  
                                                       Species Formica conica Fabricius, 1798  
                                                       Species Formica connecticutensis Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica creightoni Buren, 1968  
                                                       Species Formica criniventris Wheeler, 1912  
                                                       Species Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798  
                                                       Species Formica curiosa Creighton, 1935  
                                                       Species Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918  
                                                       Species Formica demersa Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica densiventris Viereck, 1903  
                                                       Species Formica didyma Fabricius, 1782  
                                                       Species Formica difficilis Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica dirksi Wing, 1949  
                                                       Species Formica dislocata Say, 1836  
                                                       Species Formica dlusskyi Bolton, 1995  
                                                       Species Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909  
                                                       Species Formica elevata Fabricius, 1782  
                                                       Species Formica elongata Fabricius, 1787  
                                                       Species Formica emeryi Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica eoptera Cockerell, 1923  
                                                       Species Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846  
                                                       Species Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886 – Allegheny mound ant 
                                                       Species Formica fatale Christ, 1791  
                                                       Species Formica ferocula Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica flori Mayr, 1868  
                                                       Species Formica foetens Olivier, 1792  
                                                       Species Formica foreliana Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949  
                                                       Species Formica fossaceps Buren, 1942  
                                                       Species Formica fossilabris Dlussky, 1965  
                                                       Species Formica fragilis Heer, 1867  
                                                       Species Formica francoeuri Bolton, 1995  
                                                       Species Formica fukaii Wheeler, 1914  
                                                       Species Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992  
                                                       Species Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 – silky ant, fourmi soyeuse 
                                                       Species Formica fuscescens Gmelin, 1790  
                                                       Species Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863  
                                                       Species Formica gagates Latreille, 1798  
                                                       Species Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904  
                                                       Species Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917  
                                                       Species Formica gibbosa Presl, 1822  
                                                       Species Formica glabra Gmelin, 1790  
                                                       Species Formica glacialis Wheeler, 1908  
                                                       Species Formica globiventris Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica gnava Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica goesswaldi Kutter, 1967  
                                                       Species Formica gracilis Heer, 1867  
                                                       Species Formica grandis Carpenter, 1930  
                                                       Species Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930  
                                                       Species Formica gravida Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica gynocrates Snelling & Buren, 1985  
                                                       Species Formica heteroptera Cockerell, 1920  
                                                       Species Formica hewitti Wheeler, 1917  
                                                       Species Formica hirta Gravenhorst, 1807  
                                                       Species Formica horrida Wheeler, 1915  
                                                       Species Formica imitans Ruzsky, 1902  
                                                       Species Formica immersa Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica impexa Wheeler, 1905  
                                                       Species Formica incisa Smith, 1858  
                                                       Species Formica indianensis Cole, 1940  
                                                       Species Formica inequalis Lowne, 1865  
                                                       Species Formica insultans Forskal, 1775  
                                                       Species Formica integra Nylander, 1856  
                                                       Species Formica integroides Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica knighti Buren, 1944  
                                                       Species Formica kollari Heer, 1867  
                                                       Species Formica kozlovi Dlussky, 1965  
                                                       Species Formica kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995  
                                                       Species Formica laeviceps Creighton, 1940  
                                                       Species Formica lasioides Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica latinodosa Theobald, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica lavateri Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica lefrancoisi Bondroit, 1918  
                                                       Species Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917  
                                                       Species Formica lepida Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica limata Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica lincecumii Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica longicollis Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica longipilosa Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica longiventris Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica lucida Giebel, 1856  
                                                       Species Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838  
                                                       Species Formica lutea Dumeril, 1860  
                                                       Species Formica luteola Presl, 1822  
                                                       Species Formica macrocephala Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica macrognatha Presl, 1822  
                                                       Species Formica macrophthalma Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785  
                                                       Species Formica maculipennis Theobald, 1935  
                                                       Species Formica malabarica Schrank, 1837  
                                                       Species Formica maligna Forskal, 1775  
                                                       Species Formica manni Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica martynovi Popov, 1933  
                                                       Species Formica maxillosa Fabricius, 1775  
                                                       Species Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793  
                                                       Species Formica melanopis Gmelin, 1790  
                                                       Species Formica microgyna Wheeler, 1903  
                                                       Species Formica microphthalma Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica minuta Lowne, 1865  
                                                       Species Formica moki Wheeler, 1906  
                                                       Species Formica molestans Latreille, 1802  
                                                       Species Formica montana Wheeler, 1910  
                                                       Species Formica morsei Wheeler, 1906  
                                                       Species Formica mucescens Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica naefi Kutter, 1957  
                                                       Species Formica nana Latreille, 1802  
                                                       Species Formica neoclara Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903  
                                                       Species Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica nepticula Wheeler, 1905  
                                                       Species Formica nevadensis Wheeler, 1904  
                                                       Species Formica nigra Presl, 1822  
                                                       Species Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962  
                                                       Species Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789  
                                                       Species Formica nitidiventris Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica nortonii Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica novaeanglae Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica oblita Heer, 1867  
                                                       Species Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886 – western thatching ant 
                                                       Species Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870  
                                                       Species Formica obsidiana Emery, 1923  
                                                       Species Formica obsoleta Linnaeus, 1758  
                                                       Species Formica obtecta Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica obvoluta Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica occidentalis Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica occulta Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica ocella Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica oculata Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758  
                                                       Species Formica opaciventris Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica ophthalmica Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica orbata Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica oreas Wheeler, 1903  
                                                       Species Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938  
                                                       Species Formica ovata Reich, 1793  
                                                       Species Formica pachucana Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802  
                                                       Species Formica pallidelutea Latreille, 1802  
                                                       Species Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787  
                                                       Species Formica parvula Presl, 1822  
                                                       Species Formica parvula Dlussky, 1967  
                                                       Species Formica pergandei Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica perpilosa Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica phaethusa Wheeler, 1915  
                                                       Species Formica phyllophila Jerdon, 1851  
                                                       Species Formica picipes Reich, 1793  
                                                       Species Formica pisarskii Dlussky, 1964  
                                                       Species Formica pitoni Theobald, 1935  
                                                       Species Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940  
                                                       Species Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica politurata Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica postoculata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783  
                                                       Species Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846  
                                                       Species Formica primitiva Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica primordialis Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica procera Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica prociliata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica propatula Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940  
                                                       Species Formica puberula Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica pulchella Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica pulla Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica pumila Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica pyrenaea Bondroit, 1918  
                                                       Species Formica quadrata Holl, 1829  
                                                       Species Formica quadrinotata Losana, 1834  
                                                       Species Formica querquetulana Kennedy & Davis, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica ravida Creighton, 1940  
                                                       Species Formica rediana Leach, 1825  
                                                       Species Formica reflexa Buren, 1942  
                                                       Species Formica retecta Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica robusta Carpenter, 1930  
                                                       Species Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787  
                                                       Species Formica rubescens Leach, 1825  
                                                       Species Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761  
                                                       Species Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793  
                                                       Species Formica ruficeps Motschoulsky, 1863  
                                                       Species Formica ruficornis Gmelin, 1790  
                                                       Species Formica rufolucida Collingwood, 1962  
                                                       Species Formica rufomaculata Ruzsky, 1895  
                                                       Species Formica rupestris Leach, 1825  
                                                       Species Formica saccharivora Linnaeus, 1758  
                                                       Species Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798  
                                                       Species Formica saxicola Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica schardj Forskal, 1775  
                                                       Species Formica schaufussi Mayr, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica scitula Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918  
                                                       Species Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915  
                                                       Species Formica sepulta Theobald, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica serresi Theobald, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica seuberti Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica siamicarubra Christ, 1791  
                                                       Species Formica sibylla Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica sinae Emery, 1925  
                                                       Species Formica sinensis Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica spatulata Buren, 1944  
                                                       Species Formica strangulata Wheeler, 1915  
                                                       Species Formica strenua Haliday, 1836  
                                                       Species Formica subaenescens Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica subcyanea Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica subelongata Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica subintegra Wheeler, 1908  
                                                       Species Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940  
                                                       Species Formica subpicea Motschoulsky, 1863  
                                                       Species Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902  
                                                       Species Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886  
                                                       Species Formica subrufa Roger, 1859  
                                                       Species Formica subsericea Say, 1836  
                                                       Species Formica subspinosa Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902  
                                                       Species Formica surinamensis Berendt, 1830  
                                                       Species Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977  
                                                       Species Formica tenuissima Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica testacea Gmelin, 1790  
                                                       Species Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825  
                                                       Species Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792  
                                                       Species Formica tomentosa Reich, 1793  
                                                       Species Formica torrentium Bernard, 1967  
                                                       Species Formica transmontanis Francoeur, 1973  
                                                       Species Formica triangularis Say, 1836  
                                                       Species Formica trigona Presl, 1822  
                                                       Species Formica tripartita Theobald, 1937  
                                                       Species Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804  
                                                       Species Formica ulkei Emery, 1893  
                                                       Species Formica ungeri Heer, 1850  
                                                       Species Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895  
                                                       Species Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793  
                                                       Species Formica venosa Gmelin, 1790  
                                                       Species Formica vinculans Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica virginiana Buckley, 1866  
                                                       Species Formica wongi Wu, 1990  
                                                       Species Formica xerophila Smith, 1939  
                                                       Species Formica yessensis Wheeler, 1913  
                                                       Species Formica yoshiokae Wheeler, 1933  
       

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  Source: Hymenoptera Name Server, website (version 0.021)  
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  Notes: http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page   
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
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