Crematogaster stadelmanni ovinodis

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Crematogaster stadelmanni ovinodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. stadelmanni
Subspecies: C. stadelmanni ovinodis
Trinomial name
Crematogaster stadelmanni ovinodis
Stitz, 1916

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of 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.

  • ovinodis. Crematogaster (Oxygyne) stadelmanni var. ovinodis Stitz, 1916: 383, fig. 4 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Ubangi Dist., Duma, 20.x.1910 (Schubotz).
    • Type-depository: Zoological Museum Hamburg (Stitz, 1916: 371).
    • [Note: Hamburg zoological museum was destroyed in World War II; residual type-material may perhaps be in MNHU or ZMUH.]
    • Combination in C. (Nematocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 860.
    • Subspecies of stadelmanni: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 860; Emery, 1922e: 158; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Description

References

  • Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 383, fig. 4 worker 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 860, Combination in C. (Nematocrema))