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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. sanguinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
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Formica sanguinea, or blood-red ant, is a species of facultative slave-maker ant in the genus Formica characterized by the ability to secrete formic acid. It ranges from Central and Northern Europe through Russia to Japan, China, the Korean Peninsula, Africa and also the United States.[1] This species is coloured red and black with workers up to 7 mm long.[2]
A colony of F. sanguinea can live either as a free colony or as a social parasite of Formica species, most commonly Formica fusca, Formica japonica, Formica hayashi and Formica rufibarbis.[3]
- ^ Topoff, H.; Zimmerli, E. (1991). "Formica wheeleri: Darwin's Predatory Slave-Making Ant?". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 98 (4): 309. doi:10.1155/1991/34829.
- ^ Sonobe, Rikio; Onoyama, Keiichi. "Formica sanguinea". Archived from the original on 2003-06-10. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ Mori, A.; Grasso, D. A.; Le Moli, F. (2000). "Raiding and Foraging Behavior of the Blood-Red Ant, Formica sanguinea Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Journal of Insect Behavior. 13 (3): 421. doi:10.1023/A:1007766303588. S2CID 6350580.