genus
Formica
Formica is a genus in the family Formicidae. This database currently files 312 species under it.
- Species filed
- 312
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 0
- With a free photo
- 0%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
Best-known members of Formica
Ranked by popularity score.

Red wood ant
Formica rufa
Dusky ant
Formica fusca
Slaver ant
Formica sanguinea
Scottish wood ant
Formica aquilonia
European red wood ant
Formica polyctena
Meadow ant
Formica pratensis
Hairy wood ant
Formica lugubris
Red barbed ant
Formica rufibarbis
How threatened is Formica?
1 of 312 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.
| IUCN category | Species | Share of assessed |
|---|---|---|
| NTNear Threatened | 1 | 100% |
The 200 best-known species in Formica
Of 312 on file.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red wood ant | Formica rufa | Formicidae | Near Threatened | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Dusky ant | Formica fusca | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Slaver ant | Formica sanguinea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Scottish wood ant | Formica aquilonia | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| European red wood ant | Formica polyctena | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Meadow ant | Formica pratensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hairy wood ant | Formica lugubris | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red barbed ant | Formica rufibarbis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Narrow headed ant | Formica exsecta | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Japanese wood ant | Formica japonica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ant | Formica dirksi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Thatching ant | Formica obscuripes | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ant | Formica talbotae | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sandhill ant | Formica bradleyi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Icy mound ant | Formica glacialis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Vinegar ant | Formica integroides | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pale field ant | Formica pallidefulva | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bog ant | Formica picea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| SIlky ant | Formica subsericea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Grey field ant | Formica aerata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Silvery field ant | Formica argentea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Creighton's Slavemaking ant | Formica creightoni | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Allegheny mound ant | Formica exsectoides | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pitted mound ant | Formica fossaceps | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Francoeur's field ant | Formica francoeuri | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Eastern mound ant | Formica integra | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Prairie field ant | Formica montana | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Northern red wood ant | Formica obscuriventris | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pergande's mound ant | Formica pergandei | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Podzol ant | Formica podzolica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ulke's field ant | Formica ulkei | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Black bog ant | Formica candida | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Colorado mound ant | Formica coloradensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Dakota mound ant | Formica dakotensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Compact mound ant | Formica densiventris | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Wickerwork mound ant | Formica gynocrates | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mann's field ant | Formica manni | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bright mound ant | Formica neoclara | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blunt-haired mound ant | Formica obtusopilosa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hill mound ant | Formica oreas | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Oregon field ant | Formica oregonensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pacific field ant | Formica pacifica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Oak-grove ant | Formica querquetulana | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Isabelline mound ant | Formica ravida | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ruddy slave-making ant | Formica rubicunda | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Light bronze mound ant | Formica subaenescens | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Adams' mound ant | Formica adamsi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Canadian mound ant | Formica canadensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hairy mound ant | Formica ciliata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Curious mound ant | Formica curiosa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Emery's mound ant | Formica emeryi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hewitt's mound ant | Formica hewitti | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Uncertain ant | Formica incerta | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Flat-haired mound ant | Formica planipilis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bent-haired mound ant | Formica reflexa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Broadsword mound ant | Formica spatulata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Wily field ant | Formica dolosa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Wilson’s field ant | Formica biophilica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Wheeler's field ant | Formica wheeleri | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica 4punctata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica 6guttata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica abdominalis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica accreta | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica adelungi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica aegyptiaca | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica aequalis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica affinis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica albipennis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica alsatica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica altayensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica altipetens | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica amyoti | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica anatolica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica annosa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica aquiloniaxpolyctena | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica arcana | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica archboldi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica arenicola | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica aserva | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica aseta | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica aterrima | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica auxillacensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica bauckhorni | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica biamoensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica breviscapa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica browni | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica bruni | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica brunneonitida | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica buphthalma | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica californica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica calviceps | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica cantalica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica caucasicola | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica ceps | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica chufejif | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica cinerea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica cinereofusca | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica clara | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica clarissima | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica cockerelli | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica comata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica conica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica connecticutensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica constricta | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica corsica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica criniventris | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica cunicularia | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica dachaidanensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica decipiens | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica demersa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica didyma | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica difficilis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica dislocata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica dorsata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica draven | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica dusmeti | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica elevata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica elongata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica eoptera | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica exulans | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fatale | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fennica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica ferocula | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica ferruginea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica flavifemoralis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica flori | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica foetens | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica foreli | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica foreliana | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica forsslundi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fragilis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica frontalis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fukaii | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fuliginothorax | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fuscescens | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fuscicauda | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica fuscocinerea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gagates | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gagatoides | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica georgica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gerardi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gibbosa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica glabridorsis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica glauca | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica globiventris | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gnava | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica grandis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gravelyi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gravida | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica gustawi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica hayashi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica helvetica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica herculanea | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica heteroptera | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica hirta | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica horrida | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica immersa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica impexa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica indianensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica indipicans | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica inequalis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica insultans | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica kashmirica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica knighti | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica kozlovi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica kupyanskayae | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica kutscheri | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica laeviceps | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica lasioides | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica latinodosa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica lauta | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica lavateri | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica lemani | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica lepida | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica limata | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica lincecumii | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica linquensis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica liogaster | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica liopthalma | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica litoralis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica longiceps | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica longicollis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica longipedem | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica longipilosa | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica lucida | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica luteola | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica macrognatha | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica macrophthalma | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica maculipennis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica malabarica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica maligna | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica manchu | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica martynovi | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica maura | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica melanophthalma | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica melanopis | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica mesasiatica | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica microgyna | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica microphthalma | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Formica miniocca | Formicidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |