Crematogaster excisa lacustris

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Crematogaster excisa lacustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. excisa
Subspecies: C. excisa lacustris
Trinomial name
Crematogaster excisa lacustris
Santschi, 1914

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (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.

  • lacustris. Crematogaster excisa st. lacustris Santschi, 1914b: 99 (w.) KENYA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Lusinga I., NE Victoria-Nyanza, x.1903 (Ch. Alluaud).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147.
    • Subspecies of excisa: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 837; Emery, 1922e: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 155; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
    • Distribution: Kenya.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 99, worker described)