Crematogaster pseudinermis

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Crematogaster pseudinermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. pseudinermis
Binomial name
Crematogaster pseudinermis
Viehmeyer, 1923

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 49.78306° to -0.317°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Sudan (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.

  • pseudinermis. Crematogaster pseudinermis Viehmeyer, 1923: 88, fig. 2 (w.q.) SUDAN.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-localities: workers Sudan: Kordofan, Nubakka, 17.iii.1914 (H. Viehmeyer ?), queen Sudan: Kordofan, Gulfan-Keiga Tummero, 25-26.iii.1914 (H. Viehmeyer ?).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1926b: 219.
    • Subspecies of wellmani: Santschi, 1926b: 219.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1935a: 260; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 160.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus muellerianus.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 219, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema), and variety of wellmani)
  • Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 27: 254-285 (page 260, Revived status as species)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1923. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VII. Hymenoptera (page 88, fig. 2 worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Viehmeyer H. 1923. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VII. Hymenoptera A. Formicidae. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 98: 83-94.