Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus

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Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Calyptomyrmex
Species: C. nummuliticus
Binomial name
Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus
Santschi, 1914

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Identification

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Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.433333397° to 5.933333397°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Calyptomyrmex nummuliticusWorker. Specimen code casent0913955. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • nummuliticus. Calyptomyrmex nummulitica Santschi, 1914d: 352 (w.) CAMEROON.
    • Bolton, 1981a: 65 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1983: 606 (l.).
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 887; Emery, 1924d: 225; Bolton, 1981a: 65 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 83.
    • Senior synonym of reticulatus: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
  • reticulatus. Calyptomyrmex (Calyptomyrmex) reticulatus Weber, 1952a: 25, fig. 17 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Junior synonym of nummuliticus: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3: 5-16.
  • Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3: 5-16.
  • Bolton B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81.
  • CSIRO Collection
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection