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Formicidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<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
Myrer in Danish
ant in English
ants in English
ants in English
fourmis in French
fourmis in French
mieren in Dutch
myror in Swedish
Ant in English
Invertebrates (Ants) in English
ants in English
myror in Swedish
seangan in Scottish Gaelic
seanganan in Scottish Gaelic

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. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  5. Bolton (2013) Antweb. Family: Formicidae.
  6. Borowiec, Lech (July/2014) Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1797
  7. 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).
  8. 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)
  9. Kiran, Kadri,Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena,Karaman, Celal: First Records of Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bulgaria and Turkey http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1794
  10. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2004) Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1790
  11. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2011) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Western Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1789
  12. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena,Atanasova, Maria (2004) A Faunistic Investigation of the Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the City of Sofia http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1793
  13. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena,Kiran, Kadri (June 2012) Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Strandzha (Istranca) Mountain and adjacent Black Sea coast http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1795
  14. Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena,Vagalinski, Boyan: The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Plana Mountain (Bulgaria) http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1788
  15. Lyubomir Penev,Ivailo Dedov,Vera Antonova,Ivailo Stoyanov (2008) Patterns of Urbanization in the City of Sofia as Shown by Carabid Beetles, Ants and Mollusks http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1934
  16. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  17. Penev, Lyubomir,Antonova, Vera: Classification of Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Green Areas of Sofia http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1804
  18. Radchenko, Alexander G,Antonova, Vera,Atanasova, Maria,Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (15 October 2010) Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria http://formicidae-bg.myspecies.info/node/1787
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