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Scabrous ant

Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The scabrous ant (Myrmica scabrinodis) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the scabrous ant

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the scabrous ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the scabrous ant as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the scabrous ant endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the scabrous ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusMyrmica
  7. SpeciesMyrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846

Synonyms Myrmica caespitum, Myrmica martini, Myrmica pilosiscapus, Myrmica rolandi reticulata, Myrmica rolandi var. reticulata, Myrmica rubra scabrinodis, Myrmica rugulosoides, Myrmica scabrinodis ahngeri, Myrmica scabrinodis rugulosoides, Myrmica scabrinodis scabrinodis, Myrmica scabrinodis scabrinodosabuleti, Myrmica scabrinodis var. rugulosoides, Myrmica scabrinodis var. scabrinodosabuleti, Myrmica symbiotica, Sommimyrma symbiotica

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Rough furrowed antEnglish
  • mravenec drsnýCzech
  • EngstikmyreDanish
  • Trockenrasen-KnotenameiseGerman
  • polvisarviviholainenFinnish
  • réti bütyköshangyaHungarian
  • myreitermaurNorwegian Bokmål
  • MoerassteekmierDutch
  • Wścieklica uszatkaPolish
  • ängsrödmyraSwedish
  • Leistenfühler-KnotenameiseGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the scabrous ant

Other species in the same genus Myrmica.

Red ant

Myrmica rubra

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

Bright ant

Myrmica lampra

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

CompareScabrous ant vs Red antScabrous ant vs Woodland red antScabrous ant vs Bright antScabrous ant vs Punctured ant

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the scabrous ant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the scabrous ant as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the scabrous ant?

The scabrous ant (Myrmica scabrinodis) belongs to the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Scabrous ant (Myrmica scabrinodis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/scabrous-ant

MLA

“Scabrous ant (Myrmica scabrinodis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/scabrous-ant.

BibTeX
@misc{scabrous_ant_2026,
  title = {Scabrous ant (Myrmica scabrinodis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/scabrous-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}