Proformica ferreri
Proformica ferreri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Proformica |
Species: | P. ferreri |
Binomial name | |
Proformica ferreri Bondroit, 1918 |
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a montane area with moderate rainfall.
At a Glance | • Replete Workers |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 42.5575° to 37.058333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Portugal, Spain (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
Larger workers can have greatly distended gasters and function as repletes.
One colony excavated in the Sierra Nevada at the end of winter (15 April 2008) comprised 1426 workers and 7 large sexual larvae. A queen was not found and there was no other brood (A. Tinaut & C. Peeters, unpublished). Most of the largest workers (= 219) had distended gasters; three were dissected and had yolky oocytes in their ovaries.
Castes
Phylogeny
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Relationships of selected Proformica species based on Zhu et al. (2022).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ferreri. Proformica ferreri Bondroit, 1918: 41 (w.m.) SPAIN. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1982: 176 (l.). Subspecies of nasuta: Santschi, 1919e: 246; Menozzi, 1922b: 332; Santschi, 1931a: 13. Revived status as species: Bernard, 1967: 285.
Description
References
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- Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 41, worker, male described)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Catarineu, C., Barberá, G.G., Reyes-López, J.L. 2018. Zoogeography of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of southeastern Iberian Peninsula. Sociobiology 65, 383-396 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2822).
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- Galkowski, C., Lebas, C., Lenoir, A., Perdereau, E., Blatrix, R. 2022. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Proformica, P. cerdanyensis n. sp., dans les Pyrénées (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 31(1), 26-42.
- Menozzi, C. 1922c. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de l'Espagne. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 22: 324-332 (page 332, Variety of nasuta)
- Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).
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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
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