What is a ant's scientific name?

Answer 1

Ant is the common name.

The scientific name is

Genus: Formica

Species: F. japonica - F. pratensis - F. polyctena - F. lugubris - F. dirksi - F. uralensis - F. talbotae - F. rufa -

This is of course only a small sampling.

Answer 2

If you mean: "What is the scientific name for a species of ant whose reproductive castes have wings?" then nearly all ants would be examples.

Maybe you mean: "What is the scientific name of the ant family?" That would be: the Formicidae.

Or maybe you mean: "What do we call the ants in a colony that have wings?" They sometimes are called "alates", which simply is Latin for "winged ones".

Answer 3

There are many different varities of ants and each has its own latin (or scientific) name. The name of the family is Formicidae. this should help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant An ant's scientific name is myrmex. =D

Answer 4

Ants are a family of insects called Formicidae, and in irritating Italian, active ants is surely spelled F-O-R-M-I-C-H-E, so there is a crazy connection going on.

Answer 5

The scientific name for army ants depends on the species. One example is the Eciton burchellii, which is the most common species.

Answer 6

There are 9000 species of ant All are found in the Order Hymenoptera and the Family Formicidae Some latin names include Formica rufa Plectroctena mandibularis Streblognathus aethiopicus

Answer 7

There are an estimated 22,000 different species of ant, of which over 12,000 have been identified. They are in the orderhymenoptera, and the family formicidae.

Answer 8

There are tens of thousands of different kinds of ants.

Answer 9

The scientific name for ants is Formicidae.