Translingual

Formica rufa

Proper noun

Formicidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – the ants.

Usage notes

• Previously placed in the superfamily Formicoidea, within Apocrita.

Hypernyms

• (family): Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia, Pterygotae, Metapterygota, Neoptera, Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder, Hymenoptera - order, Apocrita - suborder; Vespoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae, Aneuretinae, Apomyrminae (= Amblyoponinae), Cerapachyinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Formicinae, Heteroponerinae, Leptanillinae, Leptanilloidinae, Martialinae (possibly invalid), Myrmeciinae, Myrmicinae, Paraponerinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Sphecomyrminae (subfamilies)
  • †Armaniinae, †Brownimeciinae, †Formiciinae, †Paleosminthurinae, †Sphecomyrminae (extinct subfamilies)