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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Formicini » Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants (Formica) » pallidefulva group (Formica pallidefulva group)

pallidefulva group

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References
Queen Ant - Formica incerta Formica - Formica pallidefulva - female red ant in prairie - Formica incerta ant - Formica incerta Unknown Ant - Formica incerta Formicidae ? - Formica pallidefulva Fire ant? - Formica Wide Shoulder Ant? - Dorsal - Formica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Formicini
Genus Formica (Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants)
No Taxon pallidefulva group
Numbers
Five species: F. archboldi, F. dolosa, F. incerta, F. pallidefulva, and the recently described F. biophilica Trager 2007.
Range
Restricted to eastern North America.
Habitat
Sun-loving, often found in soil in open grassland, meadows and sandy open woodlands, even in lawns.
Print References
Trager, J. C., MacGown, J. A., Trager, M. D. 2007. Revision of the Nearctic endemic Formica pallidefulva group, pp. 610-636. In Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher, and P. S. Ward (eds). Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80. (PDF here).
Internet References
Formica pallidefulva group
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 11 March, 2007 - 1:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ben Coulter, Ted Kropiewnicki, ceiseman
Last updated 18 October, 2013 - 9:10pm

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