BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Formica rufa Linnaeus (Red Wood Ant)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formica rufa | Imago | 13 April 2008 | East Gloucestershire | England | 4 | 9 |
| Formica rufa | Male imago | 14 June 1997 | Berks | England | 1 | |
| Formica rufa | Imago | 14 June 1997 | Berks | England | 1 | |
| Formica rufa | 9 August 1970 | East Sussex | England | 4 |
Suggested Literature
Formica rufa may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Formica rufa is associated with:
| queen (newly mated) | Formica fusca - Negro Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | queen (newly mated) parasitises nest | 
|
Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 |
There may be more taxa associated with Formica rufa listed at higher taxonomic level
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HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Associated with Formica rufa:
| nest (tunnel walls) | nest (tunnel walls) has guest fruitbody | Lindtneria trachyspora - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Corticiaceae) | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | ||
| nest | nest has guest larva | Clytra quadripunctata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | 
|
Cox, M.L., 2007 | |
| nest | nest has guest | Formicoxenus nitidulus - Shining Guest Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | 
|
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 |
|
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pupa | pupa is predated by larva | Microdon analis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 |
Formica rufa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) |
FORMICOIDEA |
FORMICIDAE (ants) |
Formica (a genus of ants) |
References
| Bolton, B. & Collingwood, C.A., 1975 | Hymenoptera: Formicidae |
| Cox, M.L., 2007 | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
| Macdonald, M.A., in prep. | Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe |
