Formicidae
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Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Formicidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – ants.
Usage notes
[edit]- Previously placed in the superfamily Formicoidea, within Apocrita.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order, Apocrita - suborder; Vespoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (family): Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae, Aneuretinae, Apomyrminae (syn. Amblyoponinae), Cerapachyinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Formicinae, Heteroponerinae, Leptanillinae, Leptanilloidinae, Martialinae (possibly invalid), Myrmeciinae, Myrmicinae, Paraponerinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Sphecomyrminae (subfamilies)
- †Armaniinae, †Brownimeciinae, †Formiciinae, †Paleosminthurinae, †Sphecomyrminae (extinct subfamilies)
References
[edit]Ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Formicidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Formicidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons