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Formica rufibarbis

Red-barbed ant

Genus: Formica
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Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Red Barbed Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Formica

Formica rufibarbis

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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(c) alek-mantis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by alek-mantis · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) alek-mantis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by alek-mantis · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) salvatore_infanti, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by salvatore_infanti · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) salvatore_infanti, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by salvatore_infanti · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Julien Preud'homme, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Julien Preud'homme · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Alejandro Ocampo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 41 countries · 8582 records GBIF · updated on 18/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1800: 2 1850: 2 1852: 1 1853: 2 1854: 4 1858: 8 1866: 8 1868: 3 1869: 2 1870: 2 1873: 26 1875: 2 1877: 1 1878: 5 1881: 2 1898: 3 1904: 1 1905: 6 1906: 1 1909: 3 1910: 2 1913: 2 1914: 1 1916: 2 1925: 5 1927: 1 1929: 5 1930: 5 1931: 7 1932: 20 1933: 9 1934: 8 1936: 5 1937: 13 1938: 22 1939: 133 1940: 72 1941: 53 1942: 35 1943: 16 1944: 17 1946: 12 1947: 23 1948: 14 1949: 80 1950: 31 1951: 98 1952: 84 1953: 113 1954: 66 1955: 27 1956: 5 1957: 79 1958: 144 1959: 106 1960: 18 1961: 2 1962: 4 1963: 27 1964: 45 1965: 36 1966: 13 1967: 12 1968: 14 1969: 7 1970: 17 1971: 5 1972: 7 1973: 4 1974: 10 1975: 9 1976: 57 1977: 51 1978: 10 1979: 20 1980: 25 1981: 50 1982: 1 1983: 10 1984: 14 1985: 12 1986: 54 1987: 29 1988: 30 1989: 36 1990: 13 1991: 18 1992: 34 1993: 59 1994: 28 1995: 37 1996: 43 1997: 94 1998: 28 1999: 59 2000: 45 2001: 46 2002: 49 2003: 68 2004: 61 2005: 80 2006: 19 2007: 90 2008: 138 2009: 135 2010: 158 2011: 356 2012: 181 2013: 145 2014: 1,059 2015: 173 2016: 154 2017: 368 2018: 168 2019: 499 2020: 218 2021: 414 2022: 314 2023: 232 2024: 251 2025: 345 2026: 234
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YearRecords
18002
18502
18521
18532
18544
18588
18668
18683
18692
18702
187326
18752
18771
18785
18812
18983
19041
19056
19061
19093
19102
19132
19141
19162
19255
19271
19295
19305
19317
193220
19339
19348
19365
193713
193822
1939133
194072
194153
194235
194316
194417
194612
194723
194814
194980
195031
195198
195284
1953113
195466
195527
19565
195779
1958144
1959106
196018
19612
19624
196327
196445
196536
196613
196712
196814
19697
197017
19715
19727
19734
197410
19759
197657
197751
197810
197920
198025
198150
19821
198310
198414
198512
198654
198729
198830
198936
199013
199118
199234
199359
199428
199537
199643
199794
199828
199959
200045
200146
200249
200368
200461
200580
200619
200790
2008138
2009135
2010158
2011356
2012181
2013145
20141,059
2015173
2016154
2017368
2018168
2019499
2020218
2021414
2022314
2023232
2024251
2025345
2026234
France · 2,081 Denmark · 1,368 Switzerland · 1,303 Belgium · 866 Sweden · 847 Netherlands · 384 Hungary · 264 Germany · 258 Norway · 180 Spain · 146 Russia · 135 Finland · 116 Serbia · 97 Luxembourg · 93 Austria · 87 Poland · 62 Croatia · 40 Estonia · 32 Ukraine · 31 United Kingdom · 28 Bulgaria · 22 Czechia · 22 Italy · 20 Kazakhstan · 18 Greece · 15 Slovakia · 9 Slovenia · 8 Turkey · 8 Romania · 7 United States · 6 Portugal · 5 Andorra · 4 Montenegro · 4 China · 4 Bosnia & Herzegovina · 3 Lebanon · 3 India · 2 Cyprus · 1 Lithuania · 1 Latvia · 1 Turkmenistan · 1
Maastricht - Frontenpark, Netherlands 13/08/2026 · User 52749 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Amersfoort - Park Elisabeth Groen, Netherlands 12/08/2026 · User 70210 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Amersfoort - Park Elisabeth Groen, Netherlands 12/08/2026 · User 70210 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Belgium 05/08/2026 · Max Devis · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United Kingdom 02/08/2026 · formica_fusca · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hungary 01/08/2026 · Female · Attila Lengyel · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Soerendonk - Soerendonks Goor, Netherlands 31/07/2026 · Female · User 16218 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Bladel - Cartierheide, Netherlands 31/07/2026 · Female · User 128239 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Eindhoven - Strijp S, R en T (vml. Philips), Netherlands 31/07/2026 · Female · User 128239 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Spain 27/07/2026 · Sergio Ibarra · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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