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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Sawflies / Wasps / Bees / Ants - Hymenoptera
        
        Family - Ants - Formicidae
        
        Species - Western Mound Ant - Formica obscuripes

Western Mound Ant - Formica obscuripes

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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Number of Observations: 1

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- Borchert, H.F. 1969. Formicidae of the Bearpaw Mountains of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 61 p.
- Lang, R.F. 1988. Interactions between ants (Hymonoptera: Formicidae) and Aphis fabae Scop. complex (Hemiptera: Aphididae), on Cirsium arvense L. Scop (Compositae). M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 29 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Western Mound Ant — Formica obscuripes. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on November 21, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIHYM10110