Crematogaster rustica

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Crematogaster rustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. rustica
Binomial name
Crematogaster rustica
Santschi, 1935

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality).

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • rustica. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) rustica Santschi, 1935a: 259 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: unknown.
    • [Note: this taxon was published without any locality data. Most Crematogaster material mentioned in the publication was collected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”), during 1920-21, by H. Schouteden; rustica possibly conforms to this pattern.]
    • Type-depository: MRAC.
    • Status as species: Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 161.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 27: 254-285 (page 259, worker described)