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Formica Linnaeus, 1758

1396382  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1396382)

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  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Hymenoptera (Order)
  7. Formicidae (Family)
  8. Formica (Genus)
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  1. Species Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802
  2. Species Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973
  3. Species Formica acuminata Heer, 1850
  4. Species Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1909
  5. Species Formica adelungi Forel, 1904
  6. Species Formica aegyptiaca Fabricius, 1775
  7. Species Formica aemula Heer, 1867
  8. Species Formica aequalis Walker, 1871
  9. Species Formica aerata Francoeur, 1973
  10. Species Formica affinis Leach, 1825
  11. Species Formica albipennis Fabricius, 1793
  12. Species Formica alsatica Theobald, 1937
  13. Species Formica altipetens Wheeler, 1913
  14. Species Formica amyoti Le Guillou, 1842
  15. Species Formica antiqua Dlussky, 1967
  16. Species Formica approximans Wheeler, 1933
  17. Species Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
  18. Species Formica arcana Scudder, 1877
  19. Species Formica archboldi Smith, 1944
  20. Species Formica arenicola Buckley, 1866
  21. Species Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912
  22. Species Formica aserva Forel, 1901
  23. Species Formica atavina Heer, 1850
  24. Species Formica aterrima Cresson, 1865
  25. Species Formica atra Schilling, 1839
  26. Species Formica auxillacensis Piton, 1935
  27. Species Formica balcanica Petrov & Collingwood, 1993
  28. Species Formica baltica Dlussky, 1967
  29. Species Formica bauckhorni Meunier, 1915
  30. Species Formica beijingensis Wu, 1990
  31. Species Formica bicolor Leach, 1825
  32. Species Formica bradleyi Wheeler, 1913
  33. Species Formica browni Francoeur, 1973
  34. Species Formica bruni Kutter, 1967
  35. Species Formica brunneonitida Dlussky, 1964
  36. Species Formica buphthalma Novak, 1878
  37. Species Formica californica (Creighton, 1950)
  38. Species Formica calviceps Cole, 1954
  39. Species Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914
  40. Species Formica candida Smith, 1878
  41. Species Formica cantalica Piton, 1935
  42. Species Formica capito Heer, 1867
  43. Species Formica chufejif Forskal, 1775
  44. Species Formica ciliata Mayr, 1886
  45. Species Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
  46. Species Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929
  47. Species Formica clara Forel, 1886
  48. Species Formica clymene Wheeler, 1915
  49. Species Formica cockerelli Carpenter, 1930
  50. Species Formica coloradensis Creighton, 1940
  51. Species Formica comata Wheeler, 1909
  52. Species Formica conica Fabricius, 1798
  53. Species Formica connecticutensis Buckley, 1866
  54. Species Formica creightoni Buren, 1968
  55. Species Formica criniventris Wheeler, 1912
  56. Species Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
  57. Species Formica curiosa Creighton, 1935
  58. Species Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893
  59. Species Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918
  60. Species Formica demersa Heer, 1850
  61. Species Formica densiventris Viereck, 1903
  62. Species Formica didyma Fabricius, 1782
  63. Species Formica difficilis Emery, 1893
  64. Species Formica dirksi Wing, 1949
  65. Species Formica dislocata Say, 1836
  66. Species Formica dlusskyi Bolton, 1995
  67. Species Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909
  68. Species Formica elevata Fabricius, 1782
  69. Species Formica elongata Fabricius, 1787
  70. Species Formica emeryi Wheeler, 1913
  71. Species Formica eoptera Cockerell, 1923
  72. Species Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
  73. Species Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886
  74. Species Formica fatale Christ, 1791
  75. Species Formica ferocula Wheeler, 1913
  76. Species Formica flori Mayr, 1868
  77. Species Formica foetens Olivier, 1792
  78. Species Formica foreliana Wheeler, 1913
  79. Species Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949
  80. Species Formica fossaceps Buren, 1942
  81. Species Formica fossilabris Dlussky, 1965
  82. Species Formica fragilis Heer, 1867
  83. Species Formica francoeuri Bolton, 1995
  84. Species Formica fukaii Wheeler, 1914
  85. Species Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992
  86. Species Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
  87. Species Formica fuscescens Gmelin, 1790
  88. Species Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863
  89. Species Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
  90. Species Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
  91. Species Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917
  92. Species Formica gibbosa Presl, 1822
  93. Species Formica glabra Gmelin, 1790
  94. Species Formica glacialis Wheeler, 1908
  95. Species Formica globiventris Heer, 1850
  96. Species Formica gnava Buckley, 1866
  97. Species Formica goesswaldi Kutter, 1967
  98. Species Formica gracilis Heer, 1867
  99. Species Formica grandis Carpenter, 1930
  100. Species Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930
  101. Species Formica gravida Heer, 1850
  102. Species Formica gynocrates Snelling & Buren, 1985
  103. Species Formica heteroptera Cockerell, 1920
  104. Species Formica hewitti Wheeler, 1917
  105. Species Formica hirta Gravenhorst, 1807
  106. Species Formica horrida Wheeler, 1915
  107. Species Formica imitans Ruzsky, 1902
  108. Species Formica immersa Heer, 1850
  109. Species Formica impexa Wheeler, 1905
  110. Species Formica incisa Smith, 1858
  111. Species Formica indianensis Cole, 1940
  112. Species Formica inequalis Lowne, 1865
  113. Species Formica insultans Forskal, 1775
  114. Species Formica integra Nylander, 1856
  115. Species Formica integroides Wheeler, 1913
  116. Species Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866
  117. Species Formica knighti Buren, 1944
  118. Species Formica kollari Heer, 1867
  119. Species Formica kozlovi Dlussky, 1965
  120. Species Formica kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995
  121. Species Formica laeviceps Creighton, 1940
  122. Species Formica lasioides Emery, 1893
  123. Species Formica latinodosa Theobald, 1937
  124. Species Formica lavateri Heer, 1850
  125. Species Formica lefrancoisi Bondroit, 1918
  126. Species Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
  127. Species Formica lepida Wheeler, 1913
  128. Species Formica limata Wheeler, 1913
  129. Species Formica lincecumii Buckley, 1866
  130. Species Formica longicollis Heer, 1850
  131. Species Formica longipilosa Francoeur, 1973
  132. Species Formica longiventris Heer, 1850
  133. Species Formica lucida Giebel, 1856
  134. Species Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
  135. Species Formica lutea Dumeril, 1860
  136. Species Formica luteola Presl, 1822
  137. Species Formica macrocephala Heer, 1850
  138. Species Formica macrognatha Presl, 1822
  139. Species Formica macrophthalma Heer, 1850
  140. Species Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785
  141. Species Formica maculipennis Theobald, 1935
  142. Species Formica malabarica Schrank, 1837
  143. Species Formica maligna Forskal, 1775
  144. Species Formica manni Wheeler, 1913
  145. Species Formica martynovi Popov, 1933
  146. Species Formica maxillosa Fabricius, 1775
  147. Species Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793
  148. Species Formica melanopis Gmelin, 1790
  149. Species Formica microgyna Wheeler, 1903
  150. Species Formica microphthalma Francoeur, 1973
  151. Species Formica minuta Lowne, 1865
  152. Species Formica moki Wheeler, 1906
  153. Species Formica molestans Latreille, 1802
  154. Species Formica montana Wheeler, 1910
  155. Species Formica morsei Wheeler, 1906
  156. Species Formica mucescens Wheeler, 1913
  157. Species Formica naefi Kutter, 1957
  158. Species Formica nana Latreille, 1802
  159. Species Formica neoclara Emery, 1893
  160. Species Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903
  161. Species Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893
  162. Species Formica nepticula Wheeler, 1905
  163. Species Formica nevadensis Wheeler, 1904
  164. Species Formica nigra Presl, 1822
  165. Species Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962
  166. Species Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789
  167. Species Formica nitidiventris Emery, 1893
  168. Species Formica nortonii Buckley, 1866
  169. Species Formica novaeanglae Buckley, 1866
  170. Species Formica oblita Heer, 1867
  171. Species Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886
  172. Species Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870
  173. Species Formica obsidiana Emery, 1923
  174. Species Formica obsoleta Linnaeus, 1758
  175. Species Formica obtecta Heer, 1850
  176. Species Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893
  177. Species Formica obvoluta Heer, 1850
  178. Species Formica occidentalis Buckley, 1866
  179. Species Formica occulta Francoeur, 1973
  180. Species Formica ocella Heer, 1850
  181. Species Formica oculata Heer, 1850
  182. Species Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758
  183. Species Formica opaciventris Emery, 1893
  184. Species Formica ophthalmica Heer, 1850
  185. Species Formica orbata Heer, 1850
  186. Species Formica oreas Wheeler, 1903
  187. Species Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938
  188. Species Formica ovata Reich, 1793
  189. Species Formica pachucana Francoeur, 1973
  190. Species Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973
  191. Species Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802
  192. Species Formica pallidelutea Latreille, 1802
  193. Species Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787
  194. Species Formica parvula Presl, 1822
  195. Species Formica parvula Dlussky, 1967
  196. Species Formica pergandei Emery, 1893
  197. Species Formica perpilosa Wheeler, 1913
  198. Species Formica phaethusa Wheeler, 1915
  199. Species Formica phyllophila Jerdon, 1851
  200. Species Formica picipes Reich, 1793
  201. Species Formica pisarskii Dlussky, 1964
  202. Species Formica pitoni Theobald, 1935
  203. Species Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940
  204. Species Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
  205. Species Formica politurata Buckley, 1866
  206. Species Formica polyctena Förster, 1850
  207. Species Formica postoculata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937
  208. Species Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
  209. Species Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
  210. Species Formica primitiva Heer, 1850
  211. Species Formica primordialis Heer, 1850
  212. Species Formica procera Heer, 1850
  213. Species Formica prociliata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937
  214. Species Formica propatula Francoeur, 1973
  215. Species Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940
  216. Species Formica puberula Emery, 1893
  217. Species Formica pulchella Heer, 1850
  218. Species Formica pulla Francoeur, 1973
  219. Species Formica pumila Heer, 1850
  220. Species Formica pyrenaea Bondroit, 1918
  221. Species Formica quadrata Holl, 1829
  222. Species Formica quadrinotata Losana, 1834
  223. Species Formica querquetulana Kennedy & Davis, 1937
  224. Species Formica ravida Creighton, 1940
  225. Species Formica rediana Leach, 1825
  226. Species Formica reflexa Buren, 1942
  227. Species Formica retecta Francoeur, 1973
  228. Species Formica robusta Carpenter, 1930
  229. Species Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787
  230. Species Formica rubescens Leach, 1825
  231. Species Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893
  232. Species Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
  233. Species Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
  234. Species Formica ruficeps Motschoulsky, 1863
  235. Species Formica ruficornis Gmelin, 1790
  236. Species Formica rufolucida Collingwood, 1962
  237. Species Formica rufomaculata Ruzsky, 1895
  238. Species Formica rupestris Leach, 1825
  239. Species Formica saccharivora Linnaeus, 1758
  240. Species Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
  241. Species Formica saxicola Buckley, 1866
  242. Species Formica schardj Forskal, 1775
  243. Species Formica schaufussi Mayr, 1866
  244. Species Formica scitula Wheeler, 1913
  245. Species Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918
  246. Species Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915
  247. Species Formica sepulta Theobald, 1937
  248. Species Formica serresi Theobald, 1937
  249. Species Formica seuberti Heer, 1850
  250. Species Formica siamicarubra Christ, 1791
  251. Species Formica sibylla Wheeler, 1913
  252. Species Formica sinae Emery, 1925
  253. Species Formica sinensis Wheeler, 1913
  254. Species Formica spatulata Buren, 1944
  255. Species Formica strangulata Wheeler, 1915
  256. Species Formica strenua Haliday, 1836
  257. Species Formica subaenescens Emery, 1893
  258. Species Formica subcyanea Wheeler, 1913
  259. Species Formica subelongata Francoeur, 1973
  260. Species Formica subintegra Wheeler, 1908
  261. Species Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940
  262. Species Formica subpicea Motschoulsky, 1863
  263. Species Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
  264. Species Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886
  265. Species Formica subrufa Roger, 1859
  266. Species Formica subsericea Say, 1836
  267. Species Formica subspinosa Buckley, 1866
  268. Species Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902
  269. Species Formica surinamensis Berendt, 1830
  270. Species Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977
  271. Species Formica tenuissima Buckley, 1866
  272. Species Formica testacea Gmelin, 1790
  273. Species Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825
  274. Species Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792
  275. Species Formica tomentosa Reich, 1793
  276. Species Formica torrentium Bernard, 1967
  277. Species Formica transmontanis Francoeur, 1973
  278. Species Formica triangularis Say, 1836
  279. Species Formica trigona Presl, 1822
  280. Species Formica tripartita Theobald, 1937
  281. Species Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
  282. Species Formica ulkei Emery, 1893
  283. Species Formica ungeri Heer, 1850
  284. Species Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895
  285. Species Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793
  286. Species Formica venosa Gmelin, 1790
  287. Species Formica vinculans Wheeler, 1913
  288. Species Formica virginiana Buckley, 1866
  289. Species Formica wongi Wu, 1990
  290. Species Formica xerophila Smith, 1939
  291. Species Formica yessensis Wheeler, 1913
  292. Species Formica yoshiokae Wheeler, 1933
  293. Species Formica aeneovirens Lowne, 1865 accepted as Melophorus aeneovirens (Lowne, 1865)
  294. Species Formica albipes Smith, 1861 accepted as Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, 1861)
  295. Species Formica ammon Fabricius, 1775 accepted as Polyrhachis ammon (Fabricius, 1775)
  296. Species Formica anceps Roger, 1863 accepted as Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)
  297. Species Formica arcuata Le Guillou, 1841 accepted as Polyrhachis arcuata (Le Guillou, 1842)
  298. Species Formica aurocincta Smith, 1858 accepted as Camponotus aurocinctus (Smith, 1858)
  299. Species Formica australis Fabricius, 1775 accepted as Diacamma australe (Fabricius, 1775)
  300. Species Formica consectator Smith, 1858 accepted as Camponotus consectator (Smith, 1858)
  301. Species Formica consobrina Erichson, 1842 accepted as Camponotus consobrinus (Erichson, 1842)
  302. Species Formica cordata Smith, 1859 accepted as Philidris cordatus (Smith, 1859)
  303. Species Formica cruentata Latreille, 1802 accepted as Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802)
  304. Species Formica detecta Smith, 1858 accepted as Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)
  305. Species Formica dorycus Smith, 1860 accepted as Camponotus dorycus (Smith, 1860)
  306. Species Formica forficata Fabricius, 1787 accepted as Myrmecia forficata (Fabricius, 1787)
  307. Species Formica gracilipes Smith, 1857 accepted as Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, 1857)
  308. Species Formica gulosa Fabricius, 1775 accepted as Myrmecia gulosa (Fabricius, 1775)
  309. Species Formica hexacantha Erichson, 1842 accepted as Polyrhachis hexacantha (Erichson, 1842)
  310. Species Formica latreillii Guérin, 1838 accepted as Polyrhachis latreillii (Guérin, 1838)
  311. Species Formica longicornis Latreille, 1802 accepted as Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
  312. Species Formica longipes Jerdon, 1851 accepted as Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, 1857)
  313. Species Formica megacephala Fabricius, 1793 accepted as Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
  314. Species Formica melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 accepted as Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
  315. Species Formica nigriceps Smith, 1858 accepted as Camponotus nigriceps (Smith, 1858)
  316. Species Formica nitidissima E. André, 1896 accepted as Prolasius nitidissimus (Andre, 1896)
  317. Species Formica pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  318. Species Formica procidua Erichson, 1842 accepted as Anonychomyrma procidua (Erichson, 1842)
  319. Species Formica purpurea Smith, 1858 accepted as Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)
  320. Species Formica purpurescens Lowne, 1865 accepted as Anonychomyrma purpurescens (Lowne, 1865)
  321. Species Formica rastellata Latreille, 1802 accepted as Polyrhachis rastellata (Latreille, 1802)
  322. Species Formica sexspinosa Latreille, 1802 accepted as Polyrhachis sexspinosa (Latreille, 1802)
  323. Species Formica smaragdina Fabricius, 1775 accepted as Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
  324. Species Formica smithii Lowne, 1865 accepted as Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)
  325. Species Formica stigma Fabricius, 1804 accepted as Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)
  326. Species Formica terebrans Lowne, 1865 accepted as Camponotus terebrans (Lowne, 1865)
  327. Species Formica virescens Fabricius, 1775 accepted as Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
  328. Species Formica viridis Kirby, 1818 accepted as Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
  329. Species Formica vitrea Smith, 1860 accepted as Camponotus vitreus (Smith, 1860)
marine, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 579 [details] 
IRMNG (2024). Formica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396382 on 2024-11-12
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 579 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL2006 [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000, PaleoDB [details] 

habitat flag source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 
Unreviewed
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