Formica

From Latin formīca (“ant”).

Formica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – many ants.

• (genus): wood ant, mound ant, field ant

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Formicoidea – superfamily; Formicidae – family; Formicinae – subfamily; Formicini – tribe

• (genus): Formica (Coptoformica), Formica (Formica), Formica (Raptiformica), Formica (Serviformica) – subgenera
  • Formica rufa (type species); Formica fusca, Formica polyctena, Formica pratensis, Formica sanguinea – selected other species

• → Russian: форми́ка (formíka)

• Formica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Formica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Formica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Formica at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Coined in 1913 as a brand name for the material and the company producing it. Formica was originally intended as a replacement “for mica”, which was then commonly used for electrical insulation.^[1]

Formica

1. A plastic laminate material.
   • 1978, Lou Reed, “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle:

     She creamed in her jeans as he picked up her knees / From off of the Formica topped bar

• AFRICOM, aciform

Formica m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025