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Definition of Family Formicidae
1. Noun. Ants.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Hymenoptera, Order Hymenoptera
Member holonyms: Ant, Emmet, Pismire, Genus Monomorium, Monomorium, Dorylinae, Subfamily Dorylinae, Camponotus, Genus Camponotus, Genus Solenopsis, Solenopsis, Formica, Genus Formica, Genus Myrmecia, Myrmecia, Genus Polyergus, Polyergus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Formicidae
Literary usage of Family Formicidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"... INCH family Formicidae Ants The ants (figure 65) form a large and diverse
group of about 700 species in the United States and Canada. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Characters.— An ant is easily recognized both by the casual observer and by the
student of insects. Ants form a distinct and natural family (Formicidae) of ..."
3. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"... and large sized ant which lives on trees and makes large sized nests of live
leaves connected by a white web, belongs to the sub-family Formicidae, ..."
4. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"There are five families, characterized as follows: family Formicidae.—In this (and
the three following families) the petiole has but a single joint; ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1902)
"Emery, С. An Analytical Key to the genera of the family Formicidae, for the
identification of the workers, 3, xxxvi, pp. 707-725.— Perez, J. Contribution a ..."
6. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"They can, however, be scarcely considered as more than a single family, Formicidae,
so that the serial name is superfluous. Their nearest approach to other ..."
7. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... species genera of the family Formicidae for the identification of the
workers (Translated by William Morton Wheeler). An analytical key to the Amer. ..."
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