NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Formica
  Tribe - Formicini
  Subfamily - Formicinae
  Family - Formicidae
  Superfamily - Vespoidea
  Infraorder - Aculeata
  Suborder - Apocrita
  Order - Hymenoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Formica rufa angusticeps
      Subspecies - Formica rufa brevisetosa
      Subspecies - Formica rufa constricta
      Subspecies - Formica rufa grouvellei
      Subspecies - Formica rufa obscurata
      Subspecies - Formica rufa rufa
      Subspecies - Formica rufa rufobrevisetosa
      Subspecies - Formica rufa rufopratensoides
      Subspecies - Formica rufa tshugunovi