Crematogaster wellmani weissi

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Crematogaster wellmani weissi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. wellmani
Subspecies: C. wellmani weissi
Trinomial name
Crematogaster wellmani weissi
Santschi, 1910

Identification

Distribution

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.

  • weissi. Crematogaster wellmani var. weissi Santschi, 1910c: 376 (w.) CONGO.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”).
    • Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Gomba (A. Weiss).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Santschi, 1916b: 500 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Santschi, 1916b: 500;
    • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 149;
    • combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Santschi, 1926b: 219.
    • Subspecies of wellmani: Santschi, 1916b: 500; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 857; Emery, 1922e: 149; Santschi, 1926b: 219; Santschi, 1937b: 100; Menozzi, 1942: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 165.
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Congo.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 149, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
  • Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 376, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1916b [1915]. Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 497-513 (page 500, queen described)
  • Santschi, F. 1916b [1915]. Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 497-513 (page 500, Combination in C. (Atopogyne))
  • Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 219, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))