Cataulacus traegaordhi
Cataulacus traegaordhi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Cataulacus |
Species: | C. traegaordhi |
Binomial name | |
Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi, 1914 | |
Synonyms | |
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Nothing is known about the biology of Cataulacus traegaordhi.
Identification
A member of the tenuis group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 25.45° to -25.45°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa (type locality), Sudan, Uganda.
Distribution based on AntMaps
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
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Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- traegaordhi. Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi, 1914e: 24, fig. 3 (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: workers, queen, male South Africa: Natal, Zululand, Dukudu, 27.vii.1905 (I. Trägårdh) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 917; no lectotype designated), workers South Africa: Natal, Umfolosi, 6.vi.1905 (I. Trägårdh).
- Type-depositories: MRAC, NHMB (perhaps also NHRS).
- Junior synonym of pygmaeus: Bolton, 1974a: 48.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1917: 399; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 199, 917; Santschi, 1924b: 220; Emery, 1924d: 297; Santschi, 1935b: 273; Weber, 1943c: 326; Bernard, 1953b: 252; Bolton, 1982: 358 (in key), 359; Bolton, 1995b: 139; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 209.
- Senior synonym of marleyi: Bolton, 1982: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
- Senior synonym of suddensis: Bolton, 1982: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
- Senior synonym of ugandensis: Bolton, 1982: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
- Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.
- marleyi. Cataulacus marleyi Forel, 1914d: 219 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Krantz Kloof (H.B. Marley).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Arnold, 1917: 399 (q.).
- Status as species: Arnold, 1917: 398; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 914; Emery, 1924d: 297.
- Junior synonym of pygmaeus: Bolton, 1974a: 48.
- Junior synonym of traegaordhi: Bolton, 1982: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
- suddensis. Cataulacus pygmaeus subsp. suddensis Weber, 1943c: 378 (w.m.) SOUTH SUDAN.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several workers”), 1 syntype male.
- Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Upper White Nile, Adok, in the Sudd, 10.vii.1939, No. 1244 (N.A. Weber).
- Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC.
- Junior synonym of pygmaeus: Bolton, 1974a: 49.
- Junior synonym of traegaordhi: Bolton, 1982: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
- ugandensis. Cataulacus traegaordhi var. ugandensis Santschi, 1914b: 110 (w.) UGANDA.
- Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Uganda: Unyoro Prov., near Hoima, i.1909 (Ch. Alluaud).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Misspelled in original reference as trägardhi.]
- Subspecies of traegaordhi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 917; Santschi, 1924b: 220; Emery, 1924d: 297; Menozzi, 1933a: 109.
- Junior synonym of pygmaeus: Bolton, 1974a: 48.
- Junior synonym of traegaordhi: Bolton, 1982: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 1-105 (page 48, Junior synonym of pygmaeus)
- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370.
- Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteb. K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl. 15: 1-44 (page 24, fig. 3 worker, queen, male described)
- Yode, C.-V.D., Dosso, K., Kouakou, L.M.M., Kolo, Y., Dekoninck, W., Konate, S., Kouassi, K.P. 2020. Evaluating Efficiency of Different Sampling Methods for Arboreal Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in A West African Forest-Savanna Mosaic. Sociobiology 67, 492-500 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v67i4.5558).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Abera-Kalibata A. M., C. S. Gold, R. G. Van Driesche, and P. E. Ragama. 2007. Composition, distribution, and relative abundance of ants in banana farming systems in Uganda. Biological Control 40: 168-178.
- Arnold G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 271-402.
- Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
- Bolton B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45: 307-370.
- Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
- Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
- Magagula C. N., and B. A. Nzimba. 2015. Interaction between habitat characteristics and insect diversity using ground beetles (Colenoptera: Carabidae) and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) within a variety of agriculatural habitats. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 13(3): 863-876.
- Santschi F. 1914. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 15: 1-44.
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
- 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
- Yeo K., T. Delsinne, S. Komate, L. L. Alonso, D. Aidara, and C. Peeters. 2016. Diversity and distribution of ant assemblages above and below ground in a West African forest–savannah mosaic (Lamto, Cote d’Ivoire). Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0527-6