Crematogaster sanguinea torrei

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Crematogaster sanguinea torrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. sanguinea
Subspecies: C. sanguinea torrei
Trinomial name
Crematogaster sanguinea torrei
Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Cuba (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.

  • torrei. Crematogaster sanguinea var. torrei Wheeler, W.M. 1913b: 490 (w.q.) CUBA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-localities: workers Cuba: Aguada de Pasajeros, 1913 (W.M. Wheeler), queen Cuba: Cienaga de Zapata, nr Rio de Hanabana, 1913 (W.M. Wheeler).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 141;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Kempf, 1972a: 82.
    • Subspecies of sanguinea: Mann, 1920: 425; Emery, 1922e: 141; Wheeler, W.M. 1937b: 449; Enzmann, J. 1946c: 93; Kempf, 1972a: 82; Alayo, 1974: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 164.
    • Distribution: Cuba.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 141, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1913b. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 54: 477-505 (page 490, worker, queen described)