Crematogaster castanea museisapientiae

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Crematogaster castanea museisapientiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. castanea
Subspecies: C. castanea museisapientiae
Trinomial name
Crematogaster castanea museisapientiae
Forel, 1911

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

"Tropical East Africa" (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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • museisapientiae. Crematogaster ferruginea subsp. museisapientiae Forel, 1911e: 272 (w.q.m.) East Africa.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, syntype males (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: unknown ("aus dem tropischen Ostafrika").
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146.
    • Subspecies of tricolor: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key).
    • Subspecies of castanea: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 833; Emery, 1922e: 146; Bolton, 1995b: 158.
    • Distribution: “East Africa”.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 146, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303 (page 272, worker, queen, male described)
  • Santschi, F. 1913a [1912]. Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1912: 411-414 (page 413, Stirps/subspecies of tricolor (in key))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 833, Stirps/subspecies of castanea)