Formica montana is an ant in the genus Formica (wood ants, mound ants, and field ants) in the family Formicidae.[1][2] A common name for F. montana is "prairie mound ant".[3] [4] [5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. montana
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| Binomial name | |
| Formica montana Wheeler, 1910
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F. montana are often polygynous, a single colony can have as many as 20 queens present.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Formica montana species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Life Formica montana species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J. 2007.
- ^ Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.