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Definition of Genus Formica
1. Noun. Type genus of the Formicidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Formicidae, Formicidae
Member holonyms: Formica Rufa, Wood Ant, Formica Fusca, Formica Sanguinea, Sanguinary Ant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Formica
Literary usage of Genus Formica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1908)
"Hence we should expect the beetles to be found only within the geographical range
of the genus Formica, and this appears to be the case. ..."
2. The Senses of Insects by Auguste Forel (1908)
"This summer I have had occasion to remake at Schliersee (Upper Bavaria) several
experiments on the way in which ants of the genus Formica direct themselves ..."
3. The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History by Edward Newman (1844)
"And it will be remembered that all the pupae of the genus Formica which have been
observed naked, have been invariably neuters, or the least perfect sex, ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"These Hymenoptera compose the genus FORMICA, Lin.(l) Or that of the Ants, so
highly celebrated for their foresight, and so well known, some by their ..."
5. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... genus Formica, or the numerous tribes of ants. The family is distinguished by
the wingless state of their abortive females, by the great length of the ..."
6. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"Some of the most remarkable examples of this inability are found in the typical
genus Formica. Our American species of Formica may be separated into at ..."
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