Outline of ants
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ants:
Ants – social insects with elbowed antennae and a distinctive node-like structure that forms a slender waist. Ants are of the family Formicidae and evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago, diversifying after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 out of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.
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[edit] Essence of ants
- Main articles: Ants and Myrmecology
[edit] Biological classification
Further information: Biological classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Suborder: Apocrita
- Superfamily: Vespoidea
- Family: Formicidae (family authority: Latreille, 1809)
[edit] Kinds of ants
Main article: Ant
- List of ant genera (alphabetical)
- List of ants of Great Britain
- List of the common names of British ant species
- List of locales in Britain where ant species have become locally extinct
[edit] Subfamilies
Cladogram of ant subfamilies:
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[edit] History of ants
- Main article: History of ants
[edit] General myrmecology concepts
[edit] Myrmecologists
Main article: List of notable myrmecologists
[edit] References
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