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Camponotus ferreri
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. ferreri |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus ferreri Forel, 1913
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
    
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| Syntype of Camponotus ferreri cavisquamis. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0911869. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
     
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| Syntype of Camponotus ferreri. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code focol0120. Photographer Christiana Klingenberg, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by DEI, Müncheberg, Germany. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ferreri. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ferreri Forel, 1913e: 671 (q.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data) (L. Conradt).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Paramyrmamblys): Santschi, 1926c: 604.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 989; Emery, 1925b: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 99.
- Distribution: Cameroon.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus akka, cavisquamis.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 99, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1913f. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 659-673 (page 671, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 604, combination in C. (Paramyrmamblys))