Biology:Formica montana

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Short description: Species of ant


Formica montana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Formica
Species:
F. montana
Binomial name
Formica montana
Wheeler, 1910

Formica montana is an ant in the genus Formica (wood ants, mound ants, and field ants) in the family Formicidae.[1][2] A common name for F. montana is "prairie mound ant".[3] [4] [5]

F. montana are often polygynous, a single colony can have as many as 20 queens present.[6]

References

  1. "Formica montana species information.". https://bugguide.net/node/view/292746. Retrieved 2018-01-15. 
  2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". https://www.itis.gov/. Retrieved 2018-01-15. 
  3. "Encyclopedia of Life Formica montana species overview.". http://eol.org/pages/475158/overview. Retrieved 2018-01-15. 
  4. Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J. 2007.
  5. Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
  6. Henderson, Gregg; Jeanne, Robert L. (1992). "Population Biology and Foraging Ecology of Prairie Ants in Southern Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65 (1): 16–29. ISSN 0022-8567. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25085323. 

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3649056 entry