Formicoidea
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Formicoidea is a superfamily of insects that encompasses all ant species and their closest relatives within the order Hymenoptera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Formicoidea canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4138344 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Formicoidea Context triple: [Dorylinae, parentTaxon, Formicoidea]
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A.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
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B.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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C.
Vespoidea
Vespoidea is a large superfamily of wasp-like insects that includes ants, social wasps, and related species within the order Hymenoptera.
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D.
Myrmeciinae
Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of ants best known for the large, aggressive Australian “bulldog ants” or “jack jumper ants,” which have powerful stings and excellent vision.
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E.
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects that includes ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies, many of which are known for complex social behavior and important ecological roles such as pollination and biological control.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Formicoidea Target entity description: Formicoidea is a superfamily of insects that encompasses all ant species and their closest relatives within the order Hymenoptera.
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A.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
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B.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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C.
Vespoidea
Vespoidea is a large superfamily of wasp-like insects that includes ants, social wasps, and related species within the order Hymenoptera.
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D.
Myrmeciinae
Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of ants best known for the large, aggressive Australian “bulldog ants” or “jack jumper ants,” which have powerful stings and excellent vision.
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E.
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects that includes ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies, many of which are known for complex social behavior and important ecological roles such as pollination and biological control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
insect superfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Aculeata
ⓘ
Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName | ants superfamily ⓘ |
| contains |
numerous genera of ants
ⓘ
thousands of described ant species ⓘ |
| containsGroup | ants ⓘ |
| describedBy | taxonomic entomology ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in suitable terrestrial habitats via member species ⓘ |
| encompasses |
all ant species
ⓘ
closest relatives of ants within Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
constriction between mesosoma and gaster (petiole) in member species
ⓘ
eusocial behavior common in member species ⓘ metamorphosis with egg larva pupa adult stages in member species ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalRole |
mutualism with plants and other insects by member species
ⓘ
predation on other arthropods by member species ⓘ seed dispersal by member species ⓘ soil aeration by member species ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImpact |
some member species affect human structures and households
ⓘ
some member species are agricultural pests ⓘ some member species are beneficial biological control agents ⓘ |
| hasFossilRecord | Cretaceous to recent via ant fossils ⓘ |
| hasMemberMorphology |
elbowed antennae in most ants
ⓘ
social caste differentiation in many species ⓘ |
| hasNotableMemberGroup |
army ants (within Formicidae)
ⓘ
fire ants (within Formicidae) ⓘ leafcutter ants (within Formicidae) ⓘ weaver ants (within Formicidae) ⓘ |
| hasTypeTaxon | Formicidae ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Hymenoptera superfamilies ⓘ |
| includes | Formicidae ⓘ |
| infraorder | Aculeata ⓘ |
| isMonophyletic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeHistoryTrait | colony-based social organization in most species ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Apoidea
ⓘ
Vespoidea ⓘ |
| reproductionMode | sexual reproduction via winged reproductives in many species ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
entomology
ⓘ
myrmecology ⓘ |
| suborder | Apocrita ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superfamily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Formicoidea Description of subject: Formicoidea is a superfamily of insects that encompasses all ant species and their closest relatives within the order Hymenoptera.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.