Crematogaster kohli winkleri

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Crematogaster kohli winkleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. kohli
Subspecies: C. kohli winkleri
Trinomial name
Crematogaster kohli winkleri
Forel, 1909

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 0.016666667° to -12.6°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), 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

Nomenclature

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

  • winkleri. Crematogaster africana var. winkleri Forel, 1909b: 69 (w.) CAMEROON, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Cameroon: Victoria (Winkler) (by restriction of Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 853).
    • [Note: other syntype localities: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): Olombo, Eala, and Bokala, nos 104-106, 108 (Kohl).]
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Misspelled as winckleri by Santschi, 1937g: 80.]
    • Forel, 1913a: 124 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 158; Santschi, 1937g: 80.
    • Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1911f: 278; Forel, 1913a: 124; Forel, 1913b: 324; Forel, 1913c: 352; Forel, 1913e: 670; Forel, 1913h: 351; Forel, 1916: 409.
    • Subspecies of africana: Forel, 1911e: 272; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 158, 853; Emery, 1922e: 154.
    • Subspecies of kohli: Santschi, 1937g: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 165.
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Zimbabwe.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 69, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 124, queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 124, Race of buchneri)
  • Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 324, Race of buchneri)
  • Forel, A. 1913f. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 659-673 (page 670, Race of buchneri)
  • Santschi, F. 1937g. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 30: 71-85 (page 80, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))
  • Santschi, F. 1937g. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 30: 71-85 (page 80, Race of kohli)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 158, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 158, Race of africana)