Formica talbotae

{{short description|Species of ant}}

{{Speciesbox

|image=Formica talbotae casent0103454 profile 1.jpg

|image_caption=Formica talbotae alate queen

|status=VU|status_system=IUCN2.3

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Social Insects Specialist Group |date=1996 |title=Formica talbotae |volume=1996 |page=e.T8650A12925354 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8650A12925354.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

|genus=Formica

|species=talbotae

|authority=Wilson, 1977

}}

Formica talbotae is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is native to the United States. It is named after entomologist Mary Talbot.{{cite book|chapter=A Myrmecologist's Life: An Appreciation of Mary Talbot|first=Paul B.|last=Kannowski|title=The Natural History of the Ants of Michigan's E. S. George Reserve|series=Miscellaneous Publications|number=202|publisher=Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan|pages=211–215|chapter-url=http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/c/c4/A_Myrmecologist's_Life002.pdf}} It is a species of inquiline workerless parasites that take over nests who have recently lost their queens.