Formicidae


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Noun1.Formicidae - antsFormicidae - ants          
family Formicidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
ant, emmet, pismire - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
genus Monomorium, Monomorium - a genus of Formicidae
Dorylinae, subfamily Dorylinae - army ants
Camponotus, genus Camponotus - carpenter ants
genus Solenopsis, Solenopsis - fire ants
genus Formica, Formica - type genus of the Formicidae
genus Myrmecia, Myrmecia - bulldog ants
genus Polyergus, Polyergus - Amazon ants
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Genus Messor Forel, 1890 can be differentiated from other genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the basis of following typical characters, i.e.
FIRST RECORDS OF TWO SPECIES OF GENUS MESSOR FOREL, 1890 (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) ALONG WITH TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH APHIDS FROM POTHWAR REGION OF PAKISTAN
sp., a new tetradonematid nematode parasitising South American populations of Cephalotes atratus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with the discovery of an apparent parasite-induced host morph.
Ants collecting pieces of a bird dropping at Notting Hill, Victoria
An invasive ant from South America, Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), or tawny crazy ant, can infest urban and natural landscapes with extremely large populations, and its distribution continues to expand in the southern US (MacGown 2016).
Effect of soil treatments for cottony cushion scale (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) control on Nylanderia fulva (Hymenoptera: Formidicae) survival and trailing activity
What sort of insects belong to the family Formicidae? 6.
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(10) reported that the Formicidae species use the body as a shelter to obtain humidity and food and that they may be considered omnivorous.
Assessment of Entomological Remains from Soil Samples Collected from a Pig (Sus scrofa domestica) Carcass Decomposition Site after 13 Years/On Uc Yil Sonra Domuz Lesinin (Sus scrofa domestica) Dekompozisyon Bolgesinden Toplanan Toprak Orneklerindeki Entomolojik Kalintilarin Degerlendirilmesi
What name is given to creatures of the family Formicidae?
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The 2,778 collected individuals belong to 15 groups: Arachnidae, Auchennorhyncha, Blattaria, Coleoptera, Coleoptera larvae, Chilopoda, Dermaptera, Diplopoda, Diptera larvae, Formicidae, Gastropoda, Heteroptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera larvae, Oligocheta, and Orthoptera.
Soil macrofauna density and diversity across a chronosequence of tropical forest restoration in Southeastern Brazil/Densidade e diversidade da macrofauna edafica em uma cronosequencia de florestas tropicais em restauracao no Sudeste do Brasil
Leaf-cutter ants of the Atta genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) are significant pests to agriculture in Latin America and among of them, the Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 species, is one of the most important.
Lack of correlation between micro fungi species and chemical control method of Atta treated with toxic baits/Ausencia de correlato entre especies de microfungos e metodo de controle quimico de Atta tratadas com iscas toxicas
However, ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) have only been anecdotally reported or speculated to directly modify bone, and there is still confusion between distinguishing their traces from those of termites (Backwell et al.
A Case of Human Bone Modification by Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Philippines
Delabie, "Facultative polygyny in Ectatomma tuberculatum (Formicidae, Ectatomminae)," Insectes Sociaux, vol.
Assessing the Proteomic Activity of the Venom of the Ant Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae)
WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA (ROGER) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE), A SMALL BUT VORACIOUS PREDATOR OF DIAPHORINA CITRI KUWAYAMA (HEMIPTERA: LIVIIDAE)
WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA (ROGER) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE), PEQUENO PERO VORAZ DEPREDADOR DE DIAPHORINA CITRI KUWAYAMA (HEMIPTERA: LIVIIDAE)

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