Messor ferreri

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya.

Nomenclature

 * . Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993a: 229, figs. 13-15 (w.) KENYA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Kenya: East face Mt Elgon, 2200 m., 23.vii.1988 (H.J. Bremer); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: ZSBS (holotype); NHRS, WMLC, ZSBS (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 254; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 212.
 * Distribution: Kenya.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Collingwood C. A. 1993. Description of the host ant of Cossyphodinus bremeri Ferrer sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pp. 229-231 in: Ferrer, J.; Collingwood, C. A. 1993. New species of Cossyphodinus from Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and description of the host ant Messor ferreri sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomofauna 14: 221-232
 * Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222