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Formica omnivora
| Formica omnivora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. omnivora |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on type material
United States (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- omnivora. Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758: 581 (w.) U.S.A. Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 200. [Wheeler, W.M. 1908b: 160, gives a combination in Monomorium but there is no evidence that this is correct. See also note under pusilla.]
Description
References
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L. Salvii, 824 pp. (page 581, worker described)