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  Formica - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Species of the Forelian formica group, whose type is the Red or Southern Wood Ant Formica rufa, are generally referred to as the wood ants.
Some species, including Formica rufa, which is common in Southern England, make large visible nests of dry plant stems, leaves, or pine needles, usually based around a rooting stump.
Formica rufa L. Formica rufibarbis F. Formica sanguinea Latr.
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 Trees for Life - Species profile: Wood Ants
Formica aquilonia occurs in the pinewoods of the Caledonian Forest throughout the Highlands.
Formica exsecta is one of the rarest ant species and is known in Scotland only from the pinewoods of the Caledonian Forest around Loch Morlich in the Cairngorm area.
exsecta are intolerant of modern forestry practices such as underplanting with non-native trees in native woods (creates too much shade), clear felling, insecticides, habitat fragmentation, overgrazing and disturbance by people poking at their nests.
www.treesforlife.org.uk /tfl.woodants.html   (1775 words)

  
 Refinishing Formica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The name ''Formica rufibarbis'' was first given to this ant by Lord Avebury in Britain in his important work ''Ants, Bees and Wasps'' in 1881, although the species had been noted (misidentified as ''F. cunicularia'') by Frederick Smith in 1851.
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''Formica rufa'' is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, commonly found throughout southern England in both conferous and broadleaf broken woodland and parkland.
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 Narrow headed ant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Narrow Headed Ant (Formica exsecta) or Excised Wood Ant is a species of ant native to the British Isles.
exsecta forms small mounds up to around a foot in height consisting of much finer material than that used by "true" wood ants of the F.
exsecta can be found only in a few scattered heathland locations in the South West - principally Chudleigh Knighton heath and nearby Bovey heath, and in the central Scottish Highlands (including Rannoch Moor).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Narrow_Headed_Ant   (160 words)

  
 Genus Formica (Subfamily Formicinae) - Online Catalog of Ants of North America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Neoformica Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 82 (as a subgenus of Formica).
Raptiformica Forel, 1913j: 361 (as a subgenus of Formica).
Buren, 1944a: 309 (occurrence in IA (as Formica (Proformica) neogagates morbida Wheeler)).—Wheeler, G.C. and Wheeler, E.W. 1944: 258–259.—Beamer and Michner, 1950.
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 Formica - Amazon.com: Formica Blues: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Formica ants are ubiquitous in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
Semiochemicals of Formica aquilonia, the Wood ant Alarm pheromone of the ant Formica aquilonia Yarr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
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 Formica -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Formica is a ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) genus of (Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers) ants.
Species of the Forelian formica group, whose (A subdivision of a particular kind of thing) type is the Red or Southern Wood Ant Formica rufa, are generally referred to as the wood ants.
Some species, including Formica rufa, which is common in (Click link for more info and facts about Southern England) Southern England, make large visible nests of dry plant stems, leaves, or (A coniferous tree) pine needles, usually based around a rooting stump.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/formica.htm   (392 words)

  
 Formica lugubris
Formica exsecta Nylander; Formica fusca L. Formica lemani Bondroit; Formica lugubris Zetterstedt;...
Il fusto di I:...siculus, Formica lugubris, Formica sanguinea, Lasius alienatus, Lasius niger, Lasius flavus and Plagiolepis pygmaea (Formicinae) are found throughout the...
Checklist of the Ants of Spain: Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 Formica gagates Latreille, 1798 Formica gerardi Bondroit 1917 Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917 Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838...
www.specieslist.com /endangered/scientific_name/F/Formica_lugubris.shtml   (3132 words)

  
 Formica rufa | TutorGig.co.uk Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Formica rufa group is a sub generic group within the genus Formica, first proposed by William Morton...
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Bibliografia ragionata 1930-1961 del gruppo Formica rufa (Collana verd..
www.tutorgig.co.uk /encyclopedia/sencyclo.jsp?keywords=Formica+rufa   (515 words)

  
 brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Brown, W.D., Liautard, C. and Keller, L. Sex-ratio dependent execution of queens in the ant, Formica exsecta.
Brown, W.D. and Keller, L. Queen recruitment and split sex ratios in the ant Formica exsecta.
Keller, L., Liautard, C., Reuter, M., Brown, W. D., Chapuisat, M., and Sundström, L. Sex ratio and Wolbachia infection in the ant Formica exsecta.
www.fredonia.edu /department/biology/brown/brown.htm   (359 words)

  
 Formica aquilonia
Formica aquilonia red wood ant, Torsby, Värmland (Sweden):...(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Formica aquilonia red wood ant foraging in Norway spruce forest, Torsby, Värmland (Sweden).
Grid map of the distribution of Formica aquilonia(Scottish Wood Ant) Atlas style map of the distribution of Formica aquilonia(Scottish Wood Ant) according...
Red wood ants (Formica aquilonia) are often the dominant ants of forests throughout the northern hemisphere.
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 BES - Grant Reports - SEPG 1528
exsecta was assessed in three areas of northern Scotland, including the main area of the species’ distribution in Strathspey by genetic analysis of workers.
exsecta in three areas of northern Scotland: Deeside, Rannoch and Strathspey (Figure 1, Table 1), were identified according to their smaller size and lighter-coloured material than colonies of other wood ant species and according to the external morphology of workers present on their surfaces.
Formica exsecta Nylander (Hym., Formicidae) in the British Isles.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org /articles/grants/reports/1528   (2172 words)

  
 Formica on DigbyDigs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Formica was invented in Cincinatti in 1913 by two young men, Herbert Faber and Daniel O'Conor.
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 Genus Formica exsecta species group (Subfamily Formicinae) - Online Catalog of Ants of North America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
However, rufa group members have their posterior margin of the head fairly flat and, viewed in profile, the pronotum is a continuous curve and is not separated into two faces meeting at an angle.
Formica exsectoides is found primarily in grassy or heath-like clearings.
Formica gnava is one of the few members of the genus that are found in desert and semi-desert areas.
www.cs.unc.edu /~hedlund/dev/ants/GenusPages/Formicinae/Genus2111-paper.html   (9475 words)

  
 Insects and Arthropods » Ants » Red Wood Ant Main Page
There are several different Red Wood Ant species known by their scientific names as "Formica aquilonia", "Formica lugubris", "Formica exsecta", "Formica rufa", "Formica polyctina" and "Formica sanguinea".
Formica sanguinea, is by far one of the most intelligent insects alive today and typically enslaves smaller Formica species such as the Negro ant, Formica fusca and its relatives e.g.
Formica aquilonia and Formica lububis are designated as low risk on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List, and Formica exsecta is considered highly endangered, according to the UK's Red List.
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 Formica - How to Install Plastic Laminate-Formica
Trademark of the Formica Corporation for a heat-proof plastic laminate, widely used as a veneer on wipe-down kitchen surfaces and children's furniture.
The "Formica World's Fair House" situated on the only hill at the fair, was the first house to use Formica laminated plastic on exterior walls.
Formica is distributed in the Palearctic and Nearctic regions.
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 British ants biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Many of the lesser seen species are at the northern extent of their range in Britain, and for this reason are confined to the south.
These large noticeable species abide in mounds constructed from leaf litter, which are fortunately still a common site in many older forests and broken woodland up and down the country.
Also see List of the common names of British ant species for common names applied to species native to Britain.
british-ants.biography.ms   (457 words)

  
 TAXONOMY AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF WOOD ANTS OF THE FORMICA RUFA-GROUP
Formica rufa-group is one source of confusion; should all members of the subgenus
In traditional European myrmecology, the name is used in a narrow sense consisting of species that build large dome shaped mound nests and the sexual offspring and worker offspring is reared separately.
Formica exsecta; effects of the nest, body size and sex.
users.utu.fi /jousor/taxoproject.htm   (614 words)

  
 The Lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lizard one of the most specialised floras of any area in Britain, including many Red Data Book plant species.
It is one of the few places where the rare formicine ant Formica exsecta (the narrow-headed ant), can be found.
The Lizard was featured on the BBC television programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the South West.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Lizard   (973 words)

  
 Formica rufa group - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Formica rufa group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Formica rufa group - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Formica rufa group.
The Formica rufa group is a sub-generic group within the genus Formica, first proposed by Wheeler.
Also see: Formica fusca group, Formica exsecta group, Formica sanguinea group, Formica microgyna group
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Formica-rufa-group.html   (145 words)

  
 Formica Countertops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Formica exsecta Formica exsecta Nylander - the Narrow headed ant or Excised Wood ant.
A rare formicine ant with a deeply excised head, F. exsecta forms small, football-sized mounds consisting of much finer material than that used by "true" wood ants of the F. rufa group.
Formica rufibarbis Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 is a European formicine ant of the Formica fusca group.
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 Sex ratio and Wolbachia infection in the ant Formica exsecta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sex ratio and Wolbachia infection in the ant Formica exsecta
In this study, we tested whether Wolbachia infection is associated with colony sex ratio in two populations of the ant Formica exsecta that have been the subject of extensive sex ratio studies.
exsecta colonies in both populations are infected with Wolbachia.
www.nature.com /hdy/journal/v87/n2/abs/6889180a.html   (338 words)

  
 Theses from Uppsala University : 3803 - Phylogeographic Structure and Genetic Variation in Formica Ants
The aim of this thesis is to study phylogeny, species-wide phylogeography and genetic diversity in Formica ants across Eurasia in connection with the history of biotic responses to Quaternary environmental changes.
Goropashnaya, Anna V ; Fedorov, Vadim B ; Pamilo, Pekka: Geographic differentiation in the Eurasian ant Formica exsecta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) reflected by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites (Manuscript)
Goropashnaya, Anna V ; Seppä, Perttu ; Pamilo, Pekka: Social and genetic characteristics of geographically isolated populations in the ant Formica cinerea.
publications.uu.se /theses/abstract.xsql?dbid=3803   (454 words)

  
 British Insects: Hymenoptera Families - Formicidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Larvae legless or the legs vestigial; socially parasitic on hosts selected by the mother and predacious (some parasitizing other ants), or feeding on prey collected and stored by the adults, or feeding on material manufactured by the adults.
Species in Britain 50; genera 20 (the most strongly represented native genera being Formica, Lasius, Leptothorax and Myrmica, and most of the rest representing non-established introductions).
Formica exsecta, F. fusca, F. rufa, F. sanguinea (Saunders II).
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 Formica - TheBestLinks.com - Animal, Arthropod, Ant, Hymenoptera, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 formia corrected for formica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Sådana kolonier bildas ofta af vår vanliga röda skogsmyra, Formica ni/a, men i vårt land är det framför allt Formica exsecta, som, särskildt på Norrlands myrar, uppträder i ofantliga, på detta sätt bildade "nationer" af många hundra i fredlig förbindelse med hvarandra stående stackar.
Minst beroende af slafvarna är den hos oss vanliga Formica sanguinea, som själf kan ombesörja alla inom samhället erforderliga sysslor och stundom också träffas i slaflösa och således enkla samhällen.
Detta sätt för samhällsbildning tror man sig särskildt ha iakttagit hos raserna af Formica exsecta och ruja, hvilka dock, såsom ofvan nämnts, ofta genom utflyttning bilda nya samhällen.
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 Narrow headed ant - Formica exsecta: More Information - ARKive
In Scotland, native pine forests have been lost for similar reasons; a particular problem has been the intensive management of this habitat for game species (3).
Other, more competitive species of ant may pose a threat; the southern wood ant (Formica rufa) is thought to over-run nests of the narrow headed ant (4).
Fire, quarrying, and motorbike scrambling also pose threats to the fragile habitat, and the ant colonies (5).
www.arkive.org /species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Formica_exsecta/more_info.html   (871 words)

  
 Formica - Flickr: Photos from formica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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