Formicidae

== Translingual == === Etymology === Formica +‎ -idae === Proper noun === Formicidae A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – ants. ==== Usage notes ==== Previously placed in the superfamily Formicoidea, within Apocrita. ==== Hypernyms ==== (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order, Apocrita – suborder; Vespoidea – superfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (family): Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae, Aneuretinae, Apomyrminae (syn. 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) ==== Descendants ==== → English: formicid → Greek: μυρμηγκίδες (myrmigkídes) (calque) === References === Ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Formicidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Formicidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons