Camponotus ferreri

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Camponotus ferreri
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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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Camponotus ferreri cavisquamisQueen (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 ferreriQueen (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.
    • Combination in C. (Paramyrmamblys): Santschi, 1926c: 604.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 989; Emery, 1925b: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 99.
    • 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))