Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Red Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyrmica rubra (Red Ant)
GenusMyrmica (a genus of ants)
SubfamilyMYRMICINAE (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)
Records of Myrmica rubra (Red Ant) :
1: Myrmica rubra (Red Ant)
11 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
several workers under stone
Image 1: Worker - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Worker - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Worker - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Worker - antennal base - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Worker - antennal bases, frontal triangle and clypeus - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Worker - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Worker - pedicel - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Worker - thorax - dorsal view - close-up to show surface sculpture - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Seiffert, B. 1993 Taxonomic description of Myrmica microrubra n. sp. - a social parasitic ant so far known as the microgyne of Myrmica rubra (L.) Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Vol 67(5): 9-12.
Seiffert, B. 1993 Taxonomic description of Myrmica microrubra n. sp. - a social parasitic ant so far known as the microgyne of Myrmica rubra (L.) Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Vol 67(5): 9-12.

Myrmica rubra (Red Ant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrmica rubra (Red Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myrmica rubra (Red Ant)
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