KGBase: Ants of Lower Volga: Formica rufa

Interactive map of records of Formica rufa in the Lower Volga Region:

black dots - literature references, green dots - specimens in collection(s), yellow dots - observations

Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761

General description: Typical species of ravine, less frequently floodplain forests in the Volgograd Region. Nests are always inside forest under trees (in contrast to F. pratensis and F. truncorum).

Literature references:

Russia, Volgograd Region, Sredneakhtubinsky District:

S Krasnoslobodsk Location data (in new window):

Name in the source: "Formica (s. str.) rufa Linnaeus, 1761".
Original reference: "Краснослободск".
Source: Grebennikov et al., 2002: 187 complete reference (show / hide) Grebennikov, K. A., Dubovikov, D. A. & Savranskaya, Z. V. (2002) Ecological-faunistic characteristics of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Lower Volga region [Fauna i ekologicheskie osobennosti murav'ev (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Nizhnego Povolzh'ya]. In: Biodiversity of Insects of the Southeast of the European Part of Russia [Bioraznoobrazie nasekomykh Yugo-Vostoka Evropeiskoi chasti Rossii]. Region. Tsentr po izucheniyu i sokhraneniyu bioraznoobraziya; Volgogradskoe otd. Rus. entomol. obshch., Volgograd, pp. 178–195.

Russia, Volgograd Region, Volgograd City:

S part of Volgograd City Location data (in new window):

Name in the source: "Formica rufa".
Original reference: "лѣс в балкѣ Чепурники ок. Сарепты (!! VII.1905), гдѣ он образуетъ крупные муравейники".
Source: Ruzsky, 1905: 765 complete reference (show / hide) Ruzsky, M. D. (1905) The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [Murav'i Rossii (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Sistematika, geografija i dannye po biologii russkikh murav'ev. Chast' 1]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete, 38, 1-800.

Name in the source: "Formica rufa".
Original reference: "лиственный лѣсъ около Сарепты, извѣстный подъ именемъ «Чепурники»".
Source: Ruzsky, 1907: 52 complete reference (show / hide) Ruzsky, M. D. (1907) The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part II [Murav'i Rossii (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Sistematika, geografija i dannye po biologii russkikh murav'ev. Chast' 2]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete, 40, 1-122.

Krasnoarmeysky District, 3 km S rw. st. Sarepta Location data (in new window):

Name in the source: "Formica (s. str.) rufa Linnaeus, 1761".
Original reference: "Волгоград (Чапурниковская б-ка)".
Source: Grebennikov et al., 2002: 187 complete reference (show / hide) Grebennikov, K. A., Dubovikov, D. A. & Savranskaya, Z. V. (2002) Ecological-faunistic characteristics of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Lower Volga region [Fauna i ekologicheskie osobennosti murav'ev (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Nizhnego Povolzh'ya]. In: Biodiversity of Insects of the Southeast of the European Part of Russia [Bioraznoobrazie nasekomykh Yugo-Vostoka Evropeiskoi chasti Rossii]. Region. Tsentr po izucheniyu i sokhraneniyu bioraznoobraziya; Volgogradskoe otd. Rus. entomol. obshch., Volgograd, pp. 178–195.