Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:76a5562e-761b-4597-9ab7-0c79030cd9cd

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=family:FORMICIDAE
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Terrestrial Habitats

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Description

The foraging habits and degree of specialisation of ants vary considerably. Mostly, they are opportunistic generalists, preying on or foraging for any available food source. Such an omnivorous diet may include seeds, nectar, arthropod prey, carcasses, and carbohydrate rich exudates from specialised plant nectaries or honeydew from plant-feeding insects such as leafhoppers or aphids (Hemiptera) or lepidopteran caterpillars. ... source: What bug is that

Online resources

Citizen Science: Images, Occurrence record
Encyclopedia of Life: Images, Video Page Url
Flickr EOL: Video Page Url, Images, Occurrence record
NatureShare: Images, Occurrence record
What bug is that: Description, Distribution, Images

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
FORMICIDAE	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Formica amyoti Le Guillou, 1841	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Le Guillou, E.J.F. 1841. Catalogue raisonné des insectes hyménoptères recueillis dans le voyage de circumnavigation des corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. Vol. 10 pp. 311-324
Formica inequalis Lowne, 1865	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Lowne, B.T. 1865. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. Entomologist Vol. 2 pp. 331-336
Formica minuta Lowne, 1865	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Lowne, B.T. 1865. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. Entomologist Vol. 2 pp. 331-336
Turneria frenchi Forel, 1911	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Forel, A. 1911. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. Notes Leyden Mus. Vol. 33 pp. 193-218

Common Names

Common name	Source
Ants Is this a preferred common name for this family? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Fourmis Is this a preferred common name for this family? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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