Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga

Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. gambiensis
Subspecies:	C. gambiensis transversiruga
Trinomial name
Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga Santschi, 1914

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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.

• transversiruga. Crematogaster gambiensis var. transversiruga Santschi, 1914d: 346 (w.) SUDAN (in text).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Sudan: Redji, Lado (Reichensperger).
  • Type-depository: MZSP.
  • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846.
  • Subspecies of gambiensis: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846; Emery, 1922e: 153; Santschi, 1926b: 227; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
  • Distribution: Sudan.

References

• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 346, 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 846, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))