| Formica aquilonia | |
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| F. aquilonia worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. aquilonia
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| Binomial name | |
| Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
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Formica aquilonia, also called the Scottish wood ant, is a species of wood ant of the genus Formica which are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany to Russia, while they are also found in the coastal areas of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Siberia. They live mainly in coniferous forests but they do also occur in some deciduous woodlands.[1][2]
- ^ "Scottish wood ant (Formica aquilonia)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
- ^ "Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955". Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.