Messor ferreri

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Messor ferreri
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

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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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

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