Myrmica rubra, also known as the common red ant or the European fire ant,[1] is a species of ant of the genus Myrmica, found all over Europe and is now invasive in some parts of North America[2] and Asia.[1] It is mainly red in colour, with slightly darker pigmentation on the head. These ants live under stones and fallen trees, and in soil. They are aggressive, often attacking rather than running away, and are equipped with a stinger, though they lack the ability to spray formic acid like the genus Formica.[3]
This species is very similar to M. ruginodis, but M. rubra is the commoner of the two.[citation needed]
The larvae of the butterflies Phengaris alcon (Alcon blue) and P. teleius (scarce large blue) use M. rubra as their primary host.[1]
^ abc"European fire ant". Featured Creatures. University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
Myrmicarubra, also known as the common red ant or the European fire ant, is a species of ant of the genus Myrmica, found all over Europe and is now invasive...
Myrmica is a genus of ants within the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is widespread throughout the temperate regions of the Holarctic and high mountains in Southeast...
Myrmica ruginodis is a species of ant that lives in northern parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to M. rubra, but has a more northerly and higher-altitude...
present respectively. A few species, best exemplified by Lasius niger and Myrmicarubra, are truly cosmopolitan, colonising a great variety of different habitats...
similar coloration despite not being in the genus Solenopsis. Both Myrmicarubra and Pogonomyrmex barbatus are common examples of non-Solenopsis ants...
Myrmica schencki is a species of ant in the genus Myrmica. Myrmica schencki is distributed across Europe (from Great Britain, Sweden, Finland in the North...
morphologically from European M. rubra material, and resemble M. kotokui in petiolar morphology, the name Myrmicarubra is applied to them for the present...
grossa, Latrodectus hesperus and Eratigena agrestis stayed away from Myrmicarubra ant colonies. These ants are predators and the pheromones they release...
"Impact of seed abundance on seed processing and dispersal by the red ant Myrmicarubra". Ecological Entomology. 44 (3): 380–388. doi:10.1111/een.12713. S2CID 91782664...
"Art: Myrmicarubra - trädgårdsrödmyra". www.dyntaxa.se. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2013. "Art: Myrmica ruginodis...
known to use Myrmica scabrinodis, Myrmica ruginodis, Myrmicarubra, Myrmica sabuleti, Myrmica schencki, and rarely Myrmica lonae, and Myrmica specioides...
(2005). "The fate of Corydalis cava elaiosomes within an ant colony of Myrmicarubra: elaiosomes are preferentially fed to larvae". Insectes Sociaux. 52...
is not a simple miniature of its hosts' queens, like Myrmica microrubra and its host Myrmicarubra. The species can be distinguish from the host using...
plant on which the larvae are feeding. The hemolymph was found to repel Myrmicarubra ants, however many vertebrate and invertebrate predators feed on the...
type genus of Myrmicini is Myrmica, that of Myrmeciini is Myrmecia and that of Myrmecinini Myrmecina. Manica Jurine, 1807 Myrmica Latreille, 1804 †Plesiomyrmex...
gallica, Salix purpurea and other calcareous species such as Cephalanthera rubra, Cornus sanguinea or Humulus lupulus, being replaced, when the original...
Vepsäläinen, K.; Savolainen, R. (2011). "Phylogeography of the ant Myrmicarubra and its inquiline social parasite". Ecology and Evolution. 1 (1): 46–62...
then moves onto ant nests and is a predator of the ant brood. Myrmicarubra and Myrmica scabrinodis have been reported as frequent host ant species. A...
volatile-rich tansy show that their shields attract the predatory ant Myrmicarubra. Another possible function of the fecal shield may include protection...
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