Formica sanguinea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Formica
Species
Formica sanguinea
Scientific Name
Formica sanguinea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Formica sanguinea

Formica sanguinea, or blood-red ant, is a species of facultative slave-maker ant in the genus Formica characterized by the ability to secrete formic acid. It ranges from Central and Northern Europe through Russia to Japan, China, the Korean Peninsula, Africa and also the United States. This species is coloured red and black with workers up to 7 mm long.

A colony of F. sanguinea can live either as a free colony or as a social parasite of Formica species, most commonly Formica fusca, Formica japonica, Formica hayashi and Formica rufibarbis.

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Formica sanguinea in languages:

Bokmål
rovmaur
Czech
mravenec loupeživý
Danish
Blodrød rovmyre
Dutch
Bloedrode roofmier
English
Blood-red Field Ant
English
Blood-red Slave-making Ant
English
Blood-red Ant
English
Bloody Mound Ant
Finnish
verimuurahainen
German
Blutrote Raubameise
Japanese
アカヤマアリ
Korean
분개미
Polish
Zbójnica krwista
Russian
Кроваво-красный муравей-рабовладелец
Swedish
blodröd rövarmyra

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