F.polyctena Defensive position

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Localisation : 50°16'1.73"N 5°54'17.94"E

 

Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes

Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals

Subkingdom Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians

Branch Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes

Infrakingdom Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans

Superphylum Panarthropoda

Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - arthropods

Subphylum Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938

Infraphylum Atelocerata

Superclass Panhexapoda

Epiclass Hexapoda

Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects

Subclass Dicondylia

Infraclass Pterygota

Division Neoptera

Subdivision Endopterygota

Superorder Hymenopterida

Order Hymenoptera™ C. Linnaeus, 1758 - ants, bees, and wasps

Suborder Apocrita

Series Aculeata

Superfamily Vespoidea

Family Formicidae - ants

Subfamily Formicinae™

Genus Formica™ C. Linnaeus, 1758

Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850

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