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Formica

Formica is a genus of ants of the subfamily Formicinae, including species commonly known as wood ants, mound ants, thatching ants, and field ants. Formica is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. The type species of genus Formica is the European red wood ant Formica rufa. Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long.

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Formica

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples52
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
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Formica

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related to Nests · 12
Formica → Due, In, Mound-building, Nearctic, None, North America, Palearctic, Some, Southern England, Swaine, The, They
related to Habitat · 11
Formica → American Formica, As, Conversion, Europe, European, However, In, In North America, Northern Hemisphere, One, The
related to Social characteristics · 5
Formica → Ants, For, Individual, This, Unlike
related to Social parasitism · 4
Formica → Eventually, In, The, This
is a · 3
Formica → European red wood ant Formica rufa, genus of ants of the subfamily Formicinae, type genus of the Formicidae
related to Etymology · 3
Formica → Formic, Latin, The
related to External links · 3
Formica → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Species · 2
Formica → As, Species

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species ants genus rufa citation needed wood formicinae subfamily many colonies large ant nests survive north america may groups queens

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Formicais agenus of ants of the subfamily Formicinae0.90text
Formicais atype genus of the Formicidae0.90text
Formicais aEuropean red wood ant Formica rufa0.90text
sidewalksinstance ofthey tend to nest near structures0.80text
fencesinstance ofthey tend to nest near structures0.80text
or building foundationsinstance ofthey tend to nest near structures0.80text
F. rufa often have a considerable effect on their environmentsinstance offorest-dwelling Formica species groups0.80text
F. montana are not well-studiedinstance ofThe effects of mound-building grassland species0.80text
but their local abundanceinstance ofThe effects of mound-building grassland species0.80text
conspicuous mound-buildinginstance ofThe effects of mound-building grassland species0.80text
and very frequent association with aphidsinstance ofThe effects of mound-building grassland species0.80text
membracids point to a comparably important ecological roleinstance ofThe effects of mound-building grassland species0.80text

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