Crematogaster stadelmanni dolichocephala

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Crematogaster stadelmanni dolichocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. stadelmanni
Subspecies: C. stadelmanni dolichocephala
Trinomial name
Crematogaster stadelmanni dolichocephala
Santschi, 1911

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.58333° to -5.924166667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (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.

  • dolichocephala. Crematogaster (Oxygyne) stadelmanni var. dolichocephala Santschi, 1911g: 208 (w.q.m.) CONGO (attributed to Emery).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville (A. Weiss) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 859; no lectotype designated), Congo: Gomba (A. Weiss), Congo: Mindouli (A. Weiss).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [C. stadelmanni st. dolichocephala Santschi, 1910c: 378. Nomen nudum (attributed to Emery).]
    • Combination in C. (Nematocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 859.
    • Junior synonym of magitae: Forel, 1911d: 369.
    • Subspecies of stadelmanni: Santschi, 1914d: 349; Forel, 1915c: 337; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 160, 859; Emery, 1922e: 158; Bernard, 1953b: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 152.
    • Distribution: Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Nigeria.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 204-217 (page 208, worker, queen, male described)
  • 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 859, Combination in C. (Nematocrema))