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Formicidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154193

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): ants [English]
  
    fourmis [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2006   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyVespoidea  – vespoid wasps  
                                           FamilyFormicidae  – ants, fourmis  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Genus Calyptites Scudder, 1877  
                                              Subfamily Aenictinae   
                                              Subfamily Aenictogitoninae   
                                              Subfamily Aneuretinae   
                                              Subfamily Apomyrminae   
                                              Subfamily Armaniinae   
                                              Subfamily Cerapachyinae   
                                              Subfamily Dolichoderinae   
                                              Subfamily Dorylinae   
                                              Subfamily Ecitoninae   
                                              Subfamily Formiciinae   
                                              Subfamily Formicinae   
                                              Subfamily Leptanillinae   
                                              Subfamily Leptanilloidinae   
                                              Subfamily Myrmeciinae   
                                              Subfamily Myrmicinae   
                                              Subfamily Nothomyrmeciinae   
                                              Subfamily Paleosminthurinae   
                                              Subfamily Ponerinae   
                                              Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae   
                                              Subfamily Sphecomyrminae   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Deans et al. (July 2006)  
  Notes: Consensus on Hymenoptera classification to family by: Andrew Austin, Denis Brothers, Matt Buffington, Andrew Deans, Gary Gibson, John Jennings, Norm Johnson, Johan Liljeblad, Michael Ohl, Lawrence Packer, Fredrik Ronquist, and Robert Wharton   
  Reference for: Formicidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: fourmis[French]   
       
  Source: Hymenoptera Name Server, website (version 0.021)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page   
  Reference for: Formicidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Formicidae   
       
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