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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Formica » rufa group (Formica rufa group)

rufa group

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Black and Red Ant - Formica obscuriventris Red Ant - Formica integra Formica 01c - Formica obscuripes What type of Thatch ant? - Formica obscuripes Western Thatching Ant - mound - Formica obscuripes ants in SE South Dakota prairie remnant - Formica obscuripes Thatching Ant - Formica obscuripes ant - Formica obscuripes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Genus Formica
No Taxon rufa group
Internet References
Formica rufa group
Red wood ants in North America, PDF
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 11 March, 2007 - 1:44pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 20 April, 2009 - 9:41pm

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