Crematogaster rectinota

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Crematogaster rectinota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. rectinota
Binomial name
Crematogaster rectinota
Forel, 1913

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.16667° to -29.11667°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Zimbabwe (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.

  • rectinota. Crematogaster sordidula r. rectinota Forel, 1913a: 126 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Arnold, 1920a: 538 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Orthocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 851.
    • Subspecies of sordidula: Santschi, 1914b: 93; Arnold, 1920a: 537; Emery, 1922e: 131; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 851.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 131; Bolton, 1995b: 161; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 211.
    • Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Description

References

  • Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 538, queen described)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 131, Raised to species)
  • Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 126, worker described)
  • 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 851, Combination in C. (Orthocrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004