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 rufa (horse-ant)
red anteOE
horse ant1721
horse-emmet1755
wood-ant1889
1755 S. JohnsonDict. Eng. Lang.Horseemmet, ant of a large kind.