Proformica ferreri

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Proformica ferreri
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

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Specimen Labels

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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Portugal, Spain (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

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 A queen was not found and there was no other brood (A. Tinaut & C. Peeters, unpublished).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.

Replete of P. ferreri next to normal worker. From Sierra Nevada, Spain. Photo by Patrick Landmann.

Castes

Polymorphism in body size of P. ferreri workers. From Sierra Nevada, Spain. Photo by Patrick Landmann.

Phylogeny

Proformica

Proformica nasuta

Proformica korbi

Proformica ferreri

Proformica longiseta

Proformica epinotalis

Proformica muusensis

Proformica buddhaensis

Proformica mongolica

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

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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