Formicidae

Translingual

Etymology

Formica +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Formicidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – the ants.

Usage notes

Previously placed in the superfamily Formicoidea, within Apocrita.

Hypernyms

(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

(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

Ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Formicidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Formicidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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