Red Barbed Ant
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Red Barbed Ant

Formica rufibarbis

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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01Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Formica

Red Barbed Ant belongs to the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera, within the Insecta class.

03Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

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07Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Red Barbed Ant (Formica rufibarbis). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/red-barbed-ant

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