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rufibarbis-group Wood Ants
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rufibarbis-group Wood Ants

Formica rufibarbis

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. F. rufibarbis is subject to a Species Action Plan (SAP) in England, where it is known from only two locations, although it is not considered to be at risk on continental Europe.

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11 branches of this group, most-observed first

Formica cunicularia

speciesFormica cunicularia

Red-barbed Ant

speciesFormica rufibarbis

Formica lusatica

speciesFormica lusatica

Formica glabridorsis

speciesFormica glabridorsis

Formica clara

speciesFormica clara

Formica sinae

speciesFormica sinae

Formica tarimica

speciesFormica tarimica

Formica persica

speciesFormica persica

Formica tianshanica

speciesFormica tianshanica

Formica anatolica

speciesFormica anatolica

Formica orangea

speciesFormica orangea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1398382.