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Formica lemani is an ant species that is similar to Formica fusca.[1] The species was not formally distinguished as being different from Formica fusca until 1917,[2] and was not clearly described until 1954.[3]
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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. lemani
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| Binomial name | |
| Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
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This species of ant is found throughout most of Europe, and parts of Asia.[1] They are most fond of the northern mountainous forests, as they are adapted to cooler temperatures.[4] They inhabit the coniferous forests in those regions.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
- ^ Bondoit, J. (1917). "Diagnoses de trois nouveaux Formica d'Europe (Hym.)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 22 (11): 186. Bibcode:1917AnSEF..22..186B. doi:10.3406/bsef.1917.26100. S2CID 243977139.
- ^ The British ants allied to Formica fusca L.
- ^ Novgorodova, Tatiana; Taranenko, Dmitry (2024-07-30). "Hidden Potential of the Subdominant Ant Formica lemani Bondroit (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): The Formation of Large Nest Complexes and Restructuring Behavioural Stereotypes". Forests. 15 (8): 1322. doi:10.3390/f15081322. ISSN 1999-4907.
- ^ Seppä, Perttu; Helanterä, Heikki; Chernenko, Anton; Trontti, Kalevi; Punttila, Pekka; SundströM, Liselotte (2009-05-26). "Population genetics of the black ant Formica lemani (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): POPULATION GENETICS OF FORMICA ANTS". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 97 (2): 247–258. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01192.x.