Crematogaster wilwerthi

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Crematogaster wilwerthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. wilwerthi
Binomial name
Crematogaster wilwerthi
Santschi, 1910

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Crematogaster wilwerthiWorker. Specimen code casent0912822. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Crematogaster wilwerthi confusaWorker. Specimen code casent0912823. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • wilwerthi. Crematogaster wilwerthi Santschi, 1910c: 372, fig. 6 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Luki (Wilwerth).
    • Type-depository: MRAC.
    • [Misspelled as wilverthi by Emery, 1922e: 153; misspelled as wilwerti by Santschi, 1926b: 228, Menozzi, 1942: 169.]
    • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 849.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 849; Santschi, 1926b: 228; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 165.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus confusa, fauconneti.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 372, fig. 6 worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 849, Combination in C. (Spahaerocrema))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.