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Formicidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>in</i> Sonnini’s Buffon, <i>Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins.</i>, <b>3</b>: 352

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Formicidae

Name

Synonyms
Eocynipites xilutianensis Hong, 2002
Mutilla tenera Förster, 1891
Homonyms
Formicidae
Formicidae
Common names
Ant in English
Ant in English
Ants in English
Ants in English
Ants in English
Fourmis in French
Myrer in Danish
ant in English
ants in English
fourmis in French
mieren in Dutch
muurahaiset in Finnish
maur in Norwegian Bokmål
maur in Nynorsk, Norwegian
myror in Swedish
Ant in English
Invertebrates (Ants) in English
Invertebrates (ants) in English
Invertebrates (ants) in English
ants in English
myror in Swedish
seangan in Scottish Gaelic
seanganan in Scottish Gaelic

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Bolton (2013) Antweb. Family: Formicidae.
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 424 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the specific name rufa Linnaeus, 1761, as published in the combination Formica rufa and designation under the same Powers of the species so named to be the type species of the genus Formica Linnaeus, 1758 (class Insecta, order Hymenoptera).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14(8), 215-242 (1956)
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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