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]

Formica montana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Formica
Species:
F. montana
Binomial name
Formica montana
Wheeler, 1910

F. montana are often polygynous, a single colony can have as many as 20 queens present.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Formica montana species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Life Formica montana species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J. 2007.
  5. ^ Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
  6. ^ 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

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  • 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.