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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) » fusca group (Formica fusca group) » Formica montana

Species Formica montana

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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 (fusca group)
Species montana (Formica montana)
Explanation of Names
Formica montana (Wheeler, 1910) Wheeler, 1913
Formica subpolita var. montana Wheeler, 1910
Internet References
Antwiki
Antweb
Encylcopedia of Life (EOL)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 June, 2009 - 2:35pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 26 January, 2016 - 10:21am

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