Ant

Myrmelachista ramulorum

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been described.

Distribution

Ant — (c) Steven Bodzin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steven Bodzin · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 6

Sources and credits

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Ant

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