Ant - Wikipedia
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 22,000 species have been classified.
Family Formicidae - Ants - BugGuide.Net
2023年10月29日 · Most North American species nest in soil, leaf litter, or dead wood, but toward the south more and more arboreal species occur. All Pseudomyrmex are arboreal or stem-inhabiting, as are many Camponotus, Temnothorax, Crematogaster. Some species forage subterraneously, in litter or wood, while most forage on the ground and low vegetation.
Ant | Description, Taxonomy, Habitat, Species, Life Cycle, & Facts ...
2024年10月28日 · ant, (family Formicidae), any of approximately 10,000 species of insects that are social in habit and live together in organized colonies. Ants occur worldwide but are most numerous, both in numbers and in species, in tropical and subtropical regions.
Formicinae - Wikipedia
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 tendency toward reduction of palp or antennal segmentation in most species, except subterranean groups.
Formicinae - AntWiki
2024年10月3日 · Ward et al. (2016) - The ant subfamily Formicinae is a large and successful group, comprising about 3030 described species, distributed globally across a wide range of terrestrial environments (Brown 2000; Bolton 2003; AntCat 2015).
Family Formicidae - Ants - BugGuide.Net
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
ADW: Formicidae: INFORMATION
Approximately, 12,000 species of ants (Formicidae) are documented worldwide; however, scientists estimate that closer to 15,000 actually exist. Within this family, there are about 21 subfamilies and 283 genera. This family of insects is highly diverse.
Formicidae - Animalia
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 22,000 species have been classified.
Formicidae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Formicidae: The wood-attacking carpenter ants, belonging to the genus Camponotus, are social insects that have queens, winged males, and workers of varying sizes in a given colony (Simeone, 1954; Furniss, 1944).
Formicidae and order Hymenoptera constitute a greater part of biomass. Conspicuous component of terrestrial biodiversity, Formicidae are the most divergent group of social insects. Ants known as ecosystem engineers because they play very important role by