Crematogaster africana alligatrix

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Crematogaster africana alligatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. africana
Subspecies: C. africana alligatrix
Trinomial name
Crematogaster africana alligatrix
Forel, 1911

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Nigeria (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.

  • alligatrix. Crematogaster buchneri subsp. alligatrix Forel, 1911e: 271 (w.) NIGERIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Nigeria: Old Calabar (Bates).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 852.
    • Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1911f: 278; Forel, 1913c: 352; Forel, 1913h: 351; Forel, 1915c: 338.
    • Subspecies of depressa: Emery, 1922e: 154.
    • Subspecies of africana: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 852; Bolton, 1995b: 147.
    • Distribution: Nigeria.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285-312 (page 271, 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 852, Combination in C. (Atopogyne), and subspecies of africana)