FORMICINAE
(a subfamily of hymenopterans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Formica
a genus of ants
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 		Genus 5 subtaxa 54 images 6 ident. refs
Lasius
a genus of ants
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 		Genus 11 subtaxa 51 images 12 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

FORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for FORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 115 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for FORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
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