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Formica montana

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Species of ant

Formica montana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Formica
Species: F. montana
Binomial name
Formica montana
Wheeler, 1910

Formica montana is an ant in the genus Formica (wood ants, mound ants, and field ants) in the family Formicidae. A common name for F. montana is "prairie mound ant".

F. montana are often polygynous, a single colony can have as many as 20 queens present.

References

  1. "Formica montana species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Encyclopedia of Life Formica montana species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J. 2007.
  5. Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
  6. Henderson, Gregg; Jeanne, Robert L. (1992). "Population Biology and Foraging Ecology of Prairie Ants in Southern Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 65 (1): 16–29. ISSN 0022-8567. JSTOR 25085323.

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
Taxon identifiers
Formica montana


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