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Formicidae

Dataset
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<i>in</i> Sonnini’s Buffon, <i>Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins.</i>, <b>3</b>: 352
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Formicidae

Name

Synonyms
Eocynipites xilutianensis Hong, 2002
Mutilla tenera Förster, 1891
Homonyms
Formicidae
Formicidae
Common names
ant in English
ants in English
fourmis in French
mieren in Dutch
myror in Swedish
ants in English
myror in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Antonova, Vera (2004) Compound nests and mixed colonies of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Sofia, Bulgaria http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1800
  2. Antonova, Vera,Penev, Lyubomir: Changes in the zoogeographical structure of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) caused by urban pressure in the Sofia region (Bulgaria) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1803
  3. Antweb (2013) http://www.antweb.org//description.do?name=formicidae&rank=family&project=allantwebants
  4. Atanasova, Maria,Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2004) A Faunistic Investigation of the Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the City of Sofia http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1793
  5. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  6. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  7. Borowiec, Lech (July/2014) Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1797
  8. Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer).
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 424 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the specific name rufa Linnaeus, 1761, as published in the combination Formica rufa and designation under the same Powers of the species so named to be the type species of the genus Formica Linnaeus, 1758 (class Insecta, order Hymenoptera).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 14(8), 215-242 (1956)
  10. Karaman, Celal,Kiran, Kadri,Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena: First Records of Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bulgaria and Turkey http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1794
  11. Kiran, Kadri,Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (June 2012) Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Strandzha (Istranca) Mountain and adjacent Black Sea coast http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1795
  12. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2004) Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1790
  13. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2011) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Western Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1789
  14. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena,Atanasova, Maria,Radchenko, Alexander G,Antonova, Vera (15 October 2010) Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1787
  15. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  16. Penev, Lyubomir,Antonova, Vera: Classification of Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Green Areas of Sofia http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1804
  17. Vagalinski, Boyan,Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena: The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Plana Mountain (Bulgaria) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1788
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