Crematogaster menilekii proserpina

Crematogaster menilekii proserpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. menilekii
Subspecies:	C. menilekii proserpina
Trinomial name
Crematogaster menilekii proserpina Santschi, 1919

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.3119° to -5.3119°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.

• proserpina. Crematogaster (Crematogaster) meneliki st. proserpina Santschi, 1919h: 87 (in text) (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Zambi, 2.viii., no. 1 (Bequaert).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Note: proserpina was inadvertently included as a new name in the description of the unavailable name pluton, which antedates the description of proserpina by Santschi, in Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 154. Material in this later publication bears the data: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Malela (Lang, Chapin & Bequaert), deposited in MCZC, NHMB.]
  • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952b: 256 (l.).
  • Subspecies of menilekii: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 841; Bolton, 1995b: 160.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Santschi, F. 1919h. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo Belge du Musée du Congo Belge, à Tervueren. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 7: 79-91 (page 87, worker described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1952b. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Crematogastrini. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 42: 248-262 (page 256, larva described)