Crematogaster scutellaris nigra

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Crematogaster scutellaris nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. scutellaris
Subspecies: C. scutellaris nigra
Trinomial name
Crematogaster scutellaris nigra
Krausse, 1912

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Italy (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • nigra. Crematogaster scutellaris var. nigra Krausse, 1912b: 164 (w.) ITALY (Sardinia) (attributed to Emery).
    • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Italy: Sardinia, Asuni, 26.v. (A.H. Krausse).
    • [Note: locality data from Emery, 1912e: 654.]
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Crematogaster scutellaris subsp. scutellaris var. nigra Emery, 1912e: 654; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (based on the same material as Krausse’s).]
    • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Crematogaster chiarinii var. nigrum Forel, 1910e: 434 (Bolton, 1995b: 158).]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1916b: 155.
    • Subspecies of scutellaris: Bondroit, 1918: 114; Menozzi, 1921: 27; Emery, 1922e: 143; Grandi, 1935: 100; Fromantin & Soulié, 1961: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 158.
    • Distribution: Italy (+ Pantelleria, Sardinia).

Description

References

  • Krausse, A. H. 1912c. Ueber sardische Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)78(7 7: 162-166 (page 164, worker described)