Crematogaster gallicola

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Crematogaster gallicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. gallicola
Binomial name
Crematogaster gallicola
Forel, 1894

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.7° to -25.965278°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Mozambique (type locality), 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.

  • gallicola. Crematogaster gallicola Forel, 1894b: 95 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Mozambique: Delagoa (Liengme).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Arnold, 1920a: 532 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 838;
    • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Arnold, 1920a: 531; Emery, 1922e: 147; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 838; Menozzi, 1930b: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
    • Distribution: Mozambique, Somalia, Zimbabwe.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus latro, rauana.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.