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Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group, being described already by Linnaeus. [2]
Formica is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. [3] The type species of genus Formica is the European red wood ant Formica rufa. [1] Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long. [4] Ants belonging to the Formica genus possess a single knob or bump located between their thorax and abdomen. These ants ...
The Formica rufa group is a subgeneric group within the genus Formica, first proposed by William Morton Wheeler. This group contains the mound-building species of Formica commonly termed "wood ants" or "thatch-mound ants", which build prominent nests consisting of a mound of grass, litter, or conifer needles. [ 1 ]
Formica rufa is one such ant, but there are others with similar characteristics. Forelius and Iridomyrmex are two genera of piss ants. [4] In the United States, the word pissant may refer to any small ant that infests a home. [5]
Formica Temporal range: Eocene -Present, 46–0 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Formica rufa Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Formicinae Tribe: Formicini Genus: Formica Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Formica rufa Synonyms Adformica Lomnicki, 1925 Coptoformica Müller, 1923 Formicina ...
Formica rufa Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
The larvae of Lomechusa pubicollis live inside colonies of the European red wood ant Formica polyctena, [3] or the red wood ant Formica rufa.Each larva produces a glandular secretion which persuades worker ants to groom it.
Formica rufa was named by Linnaeus in 1758. Formica herculeana – Camponotus herculeana [8] Formica rufa [9] Formica fusca [8] Formica nigra – Lasius nigra [8] Formica obsoleta [10] Formica rubra – Myrmica rubra [8] Formica pharaonis – Monomorium pharaonis [8] Formica salomonis – Monomorium salomonis; Formica saccharivora