Crematogaster africana variegata

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Crematogaster africana variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. africana
Subspecies: C. africana variegata
Trinomial name
Crematogaster africana variegata
Mayr, 1902

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (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.

  • variegata. Crematogaster africana var. variegata Mayr, 1902: 294 (w.) CAMEROON.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”).
    • Type-locality: Cameroon: Victoria (Buchholz).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 852.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922e: 154.
    • Subspecies of africana: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 852; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
    • Distribution: Cameroon.

Description

References

  • Mayr, G. 1902. Hymenopterologische Miscellen. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 287-303 (page 294, 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 852, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))