Crematogaster castanea aquila

Crematogaster castanea aquila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. castanea
Subspecies:	C. castanea aquila
Trinomial name
Crematogaster castanea aquila Forel, 1907

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• aquila. Crematogaster ferruginea var. aquila Forel, 1907c: 139 (w.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): S of Lake Rudolph (= Lake Turkana), 1905 (M. de Rothschild).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Santschi, 1914b: 87 (m.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 87; Emery, 1922e: 145; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 831; Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1930b: 107 (in key).
  • Subspecies of castanea: Bolton, 1995b: 147; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
  • Distribution: Kenya, Somalia.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 147, Subspecies of castanea)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 145, Combination in D. (Acrocoelia))
• Forel, A. 1907f. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26: 129-144 (page 139, worker described)
• 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 87, male described)