the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > family Formicidae or genus Formica > formica sanguinea (red ant) (1)
any of various ants of a reddish colour, esp. (a) a Eurasian ant of the genus Myrmica; (b) U.S. the Pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis.