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...
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European red wood ant Formica rufa. Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long. Ants belonging to the Formica genus possess a single knob or...
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The Formica rufa group is a subgeneric group within the genus Formica, first proposed by William Morton Wheeler. This group contains the mound-building...
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of the ant Formica rufa" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1055): 1–10. Media related to Formica obscuripes at Wikimedia Commons "Formica obscuripes"...
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Jersey and Guernsey. Formica rufa, red or southern wood ant – A large ant. It builds large thatched mounds in open woodland. Formica rufibarbis – A large...
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straw from pine trees—and the formic acid that constitutes their venom. Formica rufa is one such ant, but there are others with similar characteristics. Forelius...
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"Toxic properties of the chemical defence systems in the competitive ants Formica rufa and F. sanguinea". Oikos. 28 (1): 137–15. Bibcode:1977Oikos..28..137L...
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Formica rufibarbis is a European formicine ant of the Formica fusca group. In the classification by Auguste Forel, it is treated in the subgenus Serviformica...
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comparison to other social insects, with a focus on red wood ants ( Formica rufa group)". F1000Research. 2: 280. doi:10.12688/f1000research.2-280.v2....
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coexistence of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and the wood ant Formica rufa : seasonal effects, interspecific variability and the evolution of a...
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Martin (2009). "Foraging activity and dietary spectrum of wood ants (Formica rufa group) and their role in nutrient fluxes in boreal forests". Ecological...
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Formica exsecta (the narrow-headed ant or excised wood ant) is a species of ant found from Western Europe to Asia. A rare formicine ant with a deeply...
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in this species and another species of ant, Formica rufa. CPPV affects bees, ants, and mites. vagus. Formica vaga Scopoli, 1763: 312 (w.) AUSTRIA. Latreille...
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the world of humans (in Paris), the other in the world of ants (in a Formica rufa colony in a park near Paris). The time is the early 21st century (the...
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1942 Formica retecta Francoeur, 1973 †Formica robusta Carpenter, 1930 Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893 Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 (Type species) Formica rufibarbis...
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Seifert - 2021 A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood...
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doi:10.5281/zenodo.25567. Emery, C. (1869). "Descrizione di una nuova formica italiana" (PDF). Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università de...
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Bombus alpinus Formica herculeana – Camponotus herculeana Formica rufa Formica fusca Formica nigra – Lasius nigra Formica obsoleta Formica rubra – Myrmica...
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California, Florida, and Hawaii. In Europe, some domestic species (such as Formica rufa) are protected, and it is illegal to own, keep, buy, or sell these ants...
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wingspan is 15–18 mm. The larvae feed on detritus in ant nests (Formica aquilonia, Formica lugubris and Formica rufa) . Fauna Europaea Hants Moths v t e...
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Competition between Formica cinerea Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and co-occurring ant species, with special reference to Formica rufa L.: direct and indirect...
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a member of the Formica rufa species group. "Formica fossaceps Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 18 January 2018. "Formica fossaceps Report"...
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Formica paralugubris is a species of ant. It is a member of the Formica rufa species group native to the Alps in the Palearctic realm. It is a cryptic...
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2013. "Art: Formica rufa - röd skogsmyra". www.dyntaxa.se. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2013. "Art: Formica rufibarbis...
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the chronic bee paralysis virus was reported for the first time in Formica rufa and another species of ant, Camponotus vagus. Acute bee paralysis virus...
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woodpecker's diet, particularly in spring and summer. Wood ants of the genus Formica as well as members of Lasius and Myrmicinae such as Myrmica spp. predominate...
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live inside colonies of the European red wood ant Formica polyctena, or the red wood ant Formica rufa. Each larva produces a glandular secretion which...
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seventeen species of ants, all of which he placed in the single genus Formica. Within a few decades additional genera had been recognized, and this trend...
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Film Corporation in 1936 when they were making a film on the life of Formica rufa ants as part of the Secrets of Nature series. Teaching illustrations...
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Formica rufa, a competitor for arthropod prey...
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