Crematogaster constructor

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Crematogaster constructor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. constructor
Binomial name
Crematogaster constructor
Emery, 1895

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Nothing is known about the biology of Crematogaster constructor.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.55° to -25.43333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

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.

  • constructor. Crematogaster constructor Emery, 1895h: 29, pl. 2, figs. 12, 13 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA (date of publication 16.viii.1895).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Hamman’s Kraal, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Also described as new by Emery, in Mayr, 1895: 135 (in key and footnote) (date of publication (31.xii).1895).]
    • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836;
    • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Arnold, 1920a: 535; Emery, 1922e: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836; Arnold, 1947: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
    • Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus kirbyella.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Emery 1895i, page 29.
Emery 1895i, page 30.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Arnold G. 1920. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 403-578.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004