Crematogaster libengensis rufula

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Crematogaster libengensis rufula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. libengensis
Subspecies: C. libengensis rufula
Trinomial name
Crematogaster libengensis rufula
Santschi, 1926

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -4.95° to -4.95°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

  • rufula. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) libengensis var. rufula Santschi, 1926b: 227 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Stanley Falls (H. Kohl).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of libengensis: Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 161.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 227, worker described)