Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
(an ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFormica cunicularia (an 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 cunicularia (an ant) :
1: Formica cunicularia (an ant)
20 Mar 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Queen, with workers, in nest under a stone which was lying directly on the ground
Image 1: Queen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Queen - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Queen - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Queen - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Queen - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Worker - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Worker - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Worker - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Worker - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Formica cunicularia (an ant)
27 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) with aphids
Image 1: Worker - head and antennae - anterior view - magnifiedImage 2: Worker - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Worker - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Worker - head - anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Worker - in situ - highly enlargedImage 6: Worker - in situ - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Worker - lateral view - magnified - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Seiffert, B. 1997 Formica lusatica n. sp. - a sympatric sibling species of Formica cunicularia and Formica rufibarbis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Vol 69(5): 3-16.

Formica cunicularia (an ant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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