Formica sanguinea - Citizendia

Slavemaker ant

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects comprising the sawflies, Wasps Bees and Ants The name refers to Ants are social Insects of the family Formicidae and along with the related families of Wasps and Bees belong to the order Formica is a Genus of Ants It is the type genus of the family Formicidae and the subfamily Formicinae and in turn Formica' s own sanguinea

Binomial name

Formica sanguinea
Latreille, 1798

with enslaved F. fusca

Formica sanguinea, the slavemaker ant, also know as Raptiformica range from Central and Northern Europe through Russia to Japan, China, and the Korean Peninsula. Pierre André Latreille ( November 20, 1762 - February 6, 1833) was a French entomologist. Formica fusca, the common black Ant of Europe, is a Palaearctic ant with a range extending from Portugal in the east to Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Northern Europe is a term for the northern part of Europe. The United Nations defines Northern Europe as (Finland Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Physical geography See also Geography of North Korea, Geography of South Korea Mountains cover 70 percent of the Korean Peninsula and arable plains are They are colored red and black with workers up to 7 mm long. ^[1] Their common name comes from their practice of "enslaving" other species of ants. Ants are social Insects of the family Formicidae and along with the related families of Wasps and Bees belong to the order

A fertilized F. sanguinea queen will enter the nest of another ant species and kill their queen. A queen ant is an adult mated female Ant in an Ant colony; generally the mother of all the other ants in that colony An ant colony is an underground Lair where Ants live Colonies consist of a series of underground chambers connected to each other and the surface of the earth by She then takes advantage of the works who tend to her and her brood. F. sanguinea workers will also raid nearby nests, stealing larvae and pupae to become future workers for F. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example A pupa ( Latin pupa for doll pl pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some Insects undergoing transformation sanguinea. ^[2]

Notes and references

^ Sonobe, Rikio; Onoyama, Keiichi. Formica sanguinea. Retrieved on 2007-12-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the
^ Wood Ants (1999). Retrieved on 2007-12-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the

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