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List Of Formica Species
This is a list of the extant and extinct (†) species in the genus ''Formica'' which includes wood ants, mound ants, & field ants. Valid ''Formica'' species Synonyms A number of described species have been synonymized into other species as jr synonyms * ''Formica cinerea'' - Senior synonym of ''Formica balcanica'' Petrov & Collingwood, 1993, ''Formica imitans'' Ruzsky, 1902, ''Formica lefrancoisi'' Bondroit, 1918, and ''Formica subrufoides'' Forel, 1913 * †'' Formica flori'' - Senior synonym to †''Formica antiqua'' Dlussky, 1967, †''Formica baltica'' Dlussky, 1967, †''Formica egecomerta'' Özdikmen, 2010, and †''Formica parvula'' Dlussky, 2002 * '' Formica foreli'' - Senior synonym to ''Formica goesswaldi'' Kutter, 1967, ''Formica naefi'' Kutter, 1957, and ''Formica tamarae'' Dlussky, 1964 * '' Formica forsslundi'' - Senior synonym to ''Formica brunneonitida'' Dlussky, 1964, ''Formica fossilabris'' Dlussky, 1965, and ''Formica nemoralis'' Dlussky, 1964 * †'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " dawn") and (''kainós'', "new") and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Paleocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the Eocene is marked by a brief period in which the concentration of the carbon isotope 13C in the atmosphere was exceptionally low in comparison with the more common isotope 12C. The end is set at a major extinction event called the ''Grande Coupure'' (the "Great Break" in continuity) or the Eocene–Oligocene extinction event, which may be related to the impact of one or more large bolides in Siberia and in what is now Chesapeake Bay. As with other geologic periods, the strata that define the start and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formica Annosa
''Formica'' is a genus of ants of the family Formicidae, commonly known as wood ants, mound ants, thatching ants, and field ants. ''Formica'' is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. The type species of genus ''Formica'' is the European red wood ant '' Formica rufa''. Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long. Habitat As the name wood ant implies, many ''Formica'' species live in wooded areas where no shortage of material exists with which they can thatch their mounds (often called anthills). One shade-tolerant species is '' F. lugubris''. However, sunlight is important to most ''Formica'' species, and colonies rarely survive for any considerable period in deeply shaded, dense woodland. The majority of species, especially outside the ''F. rufa'' species group, are inhabitants of more open woodlands or treeless grassland or shrubland. In North America, at least, these habitats had a long history of frequent landscape-scale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formica Biamoensis
''Formica biamoensis'' is an extinct species of formicid in the ant subfamily Formicinae known from fossils found in eastern Asia. History and classification ''Formica biamoensis'' is known from a single ant found in Russia. The specimen was described from a compression fossil preserved in diatomite deposits of the Bol’shaya Svetlovodnaya site. Located in the Pozharsky District, on the Pacific Coast of Russia, the fossil-bearing rocks preserve possibly Priabonian plants and animals which lived in a small lake near a volcano. The site has been attributed to either the Maksimovka or Salibez Formations and compared to the Bembridge Marls and Florissant Formation, both of which are Priabonian in age. At the time of description, the holotype specimen, number PIN 3429/1141 was preserved in the A. A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute collections, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The fossil was first described by the trio of paleomyrmecologists Gennady Dlussky, Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formica Beijingensis
''Formica'' is a genus of ants of the family Formicidae, commonly known as wood ants, mound ants, thatching ants, and field ants. ''Formica'' is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. The type species of genus ''Formica'' is the European red wood ant '' Formica rufa''. Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long. Habitat As the name wood ant implies, many ''Formica'' species live in wooded areas where no shortage of material exists with which they can thatch their mounds (often called anthills). One shade-tolerant species is '' F. lugubris''. However, sunlight is important to most ''Formica'' species, and colonies rarely survive for any considerable period in deeply shaded, dense woodland. The majority of species, especially outside the ''F. rufa'' species group, are inhabitants of more open woodlands or treeless grassland or shrubland. In North America, at least, these habitats had a long history of frequent landscape-scale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formica Argentea
''Formica argentea'' is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. References Further reading * argentea Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1912 {{Formicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formica Archboldi
''Formica archboldi'' is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. They are known for their abnormal behavior, which includes the collection and storage of '' Odontomachus'' (trap-jaw) ant skulls. ''Formica archboldi'' ants store these severed ant heads in their nests. The ''Formica archboldi'' have odors that are chemically similar to the odors of the trap-jaw ants, which might allow the ''Formica'' ants to disguise themselves among the trap-jaw ants. The ''Formica'' ants immobilize the trap-jaw ants by spraying formic acid Formic acid (), systematically named methanoic acid, is the simplest carboxylic acid, and has the chemical formula HCOOH and structure . It is an important intermediate in chemical synthesis and occurs naturally, most notably in some ants. Es ..., dragging them into the nest, and dismembering them. Further reading * References External links * archiboldi Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1944 {{Formicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
