Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga

Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. gambiensis
Subspecies:	C. gambiensis longiruga
Trinomial name
Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga Forel, 1907

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (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.

Nomenclature

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

• longiruga. Crematogaster gambiensis var. longiruga Forel, 1907c: 140 (w.q.m.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, 1 syntype male.
  • Type-localities: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Rendilé, Mt Xaroli, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Kenya: Mt Nyro, 1905 (M. de Rothschild).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Junior synonym of gambiensis: Santschi, 1914d: 346 (in text); Emery, 1922e: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 846.
  • Subspecies of gambiensis: Santschi, 1935b: 271; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
  • Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan.