The ant is a typical social insects which belong to the family Formicidae of the Order Hymenoptera. Based on the statistics, the recorded ants in the world include 16 subfamilies, 296 genera, 9538 species.

• 蚂蚁,隶属于膜翅目(Hymenoptera),蚁科(Myrmicinae),是典型的社会性昆虫,据统计,全世界已记载的现存蚂蚁共16亚科,296属,9538种。