Formicidae (family)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Arthropoda (phylum) > Hexapoda (subphylum) > Insecta (class) > Hymenoptera (order) > Apocrita (suborder) > Vespoidea (superfamily)
Descripción
Members of a family of around 10,000 species of insects that are social, live in colonies often having three castes, have a large head, a slender, oval abdomen joined to the thorax by a small waist, one one or two finlike extensions running across the thin waist region, and elbowed antennae.
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Otros términos
- 蟻科 (科) [zh]
- yǐ kē [zh]
- yi ke [zh]
- i k'o [zh]
- ants [en]
- ant [en]
- 螞蟻 [zh]