Formicidae (unidentified)
(Unidentified Ants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedFormicidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Ants)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Formicidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Ants) :
1: Formicidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Ants)
16 Aug 1975 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Ants tending aphid colony on pine shoot. The ants have protected the aphids with a layer of debris.
Image 1: Aphid colony, on pine shoot, that ants have protected with debris

Formicidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Ants) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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