Crematogaster gerstaeckeri pudica

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Crematogaster gerstaeckeri pudica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. gerstaeckeri
Subspecies: C. gerstaeckeri pudica
Trinomial name
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri pudica
Santschi, 1930

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.86667° to -17.93333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (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.

  • pudica. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) gerstaeckeri var. pudica Santschi, 1930b: 69.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: no data provided.
    • [Note: presumably locality the same as all other entries for this genus in the publication: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Victoria Falls (G. Arnold).]
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [First available use of Crematogaster bulawayensis st. infaceta var. pudica Santschi, 1916b: 499 (w.) ZIMBABWE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Arnold, 1920a: 525; Emery, 1922e: 149; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 855.
    • Subspecies of gerstaeckeri: Bolton, 1995b: 160.
    • Distribution; Zimbabwe.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Rev. Suisse Zool. 37: 53-81 (page 69, worker described)