Crematogaster gerstaeckeri rufescens
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri rufescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. gerstaeckeri |
Subspecies: | C. gerstaeckeri rufescens |
Trinomial name | |
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri rufescens Wheeler, W.M., 1922 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
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Estimated Abundance
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rufescens. Crematogaster (Crematogaster) sjostedti var. rufescens Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 844.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Natal (Haviland).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [First available use of Crematogaster sjostedti st. bulawayensis var. rufescens Santschi, 1919b: 236 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1930b: 69.
- Subspecies of bulawayensis: Arnold, 1926: 289.
- Subspecies of gerstaeckeri: Bolton, 1995b: 161.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 289, Variety of bulawayensis)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 161, Subspecies of gerstaeckeri)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. 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. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 844, worker described)
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