Camponotus ferreri akka

Camponotus ferreri akka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. ferreri
Subspecies:	C. ferreri akka
Trinomial name
Camponotus ferreri akka Forel, 1916 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• akka. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ferreri r. akka Forel, 1916: 446 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: 1 (?) syntype minor worker, 1 (?) syntype queen.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): (no further data) (H. Kohl).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Subspecies of ferreri: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 989; Emery, 1925b: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 84, catalogue)
• Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 446, worker, queen described)