Ant. Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:. Animalia
Clade:. Euarthropoda
Class:. Insecta
Order:. Hymenoptera
Superfamily:. Formicoidea
Family:. Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Type of ant species
Formica rufa
Linnaeus, 1761
Subfamilies
Agroecomyrmecinae
Amblyoponinae (incl. "Apomyrminae")
Aneuretinae
Brownimeciinae
Dolichoderinae
Dorylinae
Ectatomminae
Formiciinae
Formicinae
Heteroponerinae
Leptanillinae
Martialinae
Myrmeciinae (incl. "Nothomyrmeciinae")
Myrmicinae
Paraponerinae
Ponerinae
Proceratiinae
Pseudomyrmecinae
Sphecomyrminae
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