Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Hymenoptera - (Family) Formicidae

Original position

Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Formicinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1809

Original entries

Formica atrata Linnaeus, 1758
Formica bidens Linnaeus, 1758
Formica caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758
Formica foetida Linnaeus, 1758
Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Formica haematoda Linnaeus, 1758
Formica herculeana Linnaeus, 1758
Formica nigra Linnaeus, 1758
Formica obsoleta Linnaeus, 1758
Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758
Formica pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758
Formica rubra Linnaeus, 1758
Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Formica saccharivora Linnaeus, 1758
Formica salomonis Linnaeus, 1758
Formica sexdens Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Formicini (Tribe) Latreille, 1809

Ref: N.F. Johnson & L. Musetti, 2008-2009: 3 Nov 2008.

Alternative positions

Formicidae (Family) Latreille, 1809	Ref: 1998: 22 Mar 2008.
Formicinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: D. Agosti & N.F. Johnson, 2005: 9 Jul 2008.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 962.

Historical positions

Formicidae (Family) Latreille, 1809	Ref: 1998: 22 Mar 2008.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 446. [rough position]
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 359[539], 962.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 343, 579.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	246s; †70s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[246s; †70s]
2008-2009	N.F. Johnson & L. Musetti: 13 Feb 2009	[246s; †70s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[17s]