Crematogaster excisa cavinota

Crematogaster excisa cavinota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. excisa
Subspecies:	C. excisa cavinota
Trinomial name
Crematogaster excisa cavinota Stitz, 1916

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• cavinota. Crematogaster excisa r. cavinota Stitz, 1916: 385, fig. 5 (w.) CONGO.
  • Type-material: 11 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: 10 workers Congo (“French Congo”): Fort Possel – Fort Crampel, 6.i.1911 (Schubotz), 1 worker with same data but xi.1910.
  • Type-depository: Zoological Museum Hamburg (Stitz, 1916: 371).
  • [Note: Hamburg zoological museum was destroyed in World War II; residual type-material may perhaps be in MNHU or ZMUH.]
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147.
  • Subspecies of excisa: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 837; Emery, 1922e: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
  • Distribution: Congo.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 385, fig. 5 worker described)