Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
(Red Barbed Ant)

Formica rufibarbis (Red Barbed Ant) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Formica rufibarbis (Red Barbed Ant) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFormica rufibarbis (Red Barbed Ant)
GenusFormica (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyFORMICINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFORMICIDAE (ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Formica rufibarbis (Red Barbed Ant)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Seiffert, B. 1997 Formica lusatica n. sp. - a sympatric sibling species of Formica cunicularia and Formica rufibarbis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Vol 69(5): 3-16.

Formica rufibarbis (Red Barbed Ant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kessock-Philip, R., Hurst, H., Rossington, S.R. & Holloway, G.J. 2004 Nesting ecology of Formica cunicularia Research Reports EN Report no 612.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Formica rufibarbis (Red Barbed Ant):

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