Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
(Negro Ant, Dusky Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFormica fusca (Negro Ant, Dusky Ant)
GenusFormica (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyFORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Formica fusca (Negro Ant, Dusky Ant) :
1: Formica fusca (Negro Ant, Dusky Ant)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
workers, on bare ground of path
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Formica fusca (Negro Ant, Dusky Ant) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Worker, walking up and down oak trunk
Image 1: Lateral view - in situ - enlarged

Formica fusca (Negro Ant, Dusky Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Formica fusca (Negro Ant, Dusky Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Formica fusca (Negro Ant, Dusky Ant)
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