Messor ferreri
Messor ferreri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Stenammini |
Genus: | Messor |
Species: | M. ferreri |
Binomial name | |
Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ferreri. Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993a: 229, figs. 13-15 (w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Kenya: East face Mt Elgon, 2200 m., 23.vii.1988 (H.J. Bremer); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: ZSBS (holotype); NHRS, WMLC, ZSBS (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 254; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 212.
- Distribution: Kenya.
Description
References
- Collingwood, C. A. 1993a. Description of the host ant of Cossyphodinus bremeri Ferrer sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pp. 229-231 in: Ferrer, J., Collingwood, C. A. New species of |Cossyphodinus| from Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and description of the host ant |Messor ferreri| sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomofauna 14:221-232. (page 229, Figs. 13-15 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Collingwood C. A. 1993. Description of the host ant of Cossyphodinus bremeri Ferrer sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pp. 229-231 in: Ferrer, J.; Collingwood, C. A. 1993. New species of Cossyphodinus from Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and description of the host ant Messor ferreri sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomofauna 14: 221-232
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222