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Calyptomyrmex foreli
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex |
| Species: | C. foreli |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -25.7089° to -25.78698°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia (type locality), Gabon, South Africa.
Distribution based on AntMaps
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
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0235830. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by AFRC, Pretoria, South Africa. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- emeryi. Dicroaspis emeryi Forel, 1910c: 262 (w.) ERITREA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Eritrea: Ghinda, 1906 (K. Escherich).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Calyptomyrmex emeryi Forel, 1901c: 262.]
- Santschi, 1913c: 311 (q.).
- Status as species: Santschi, 1913c: 311.
- Replacement name: Calyptomyrmex (Dicroaspis) foreli Emery, 1915g: 15.
- foreli. Calyptomyrmex (Dicroaspis) foreli Emery, 1915g: 15.
- Replacement name for Dicroaspis emeryi Forel, 1910c: 262. [Junior secondary homonym of Calyptomyrmex emeryi Forel, 1901h: 51.]
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 887; Emery, 1924d: 225; Finzi, 1939a: 165; Bolton, 1891a: 67 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 83; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 208; Madl, 2019: 14.
- Senior synonym of hartwigi: Bolton, 1981a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Senior synonym of pusillus: Bolton, 1981a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa.
- hartwigi. Calyptomyrmex arnoldi subsp. hartwigi Arnold, 1948: 220 (w.m.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype male.
- Type-locality: South Africa: Pretoria, 23.i.1946 (E.K. Hartwig).
- Type-depository: SAMC.
- Junior synonym of foreli: Bolton, 1981a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- pusillus. Calyptomyrmex (Dicroaspis) pusillus Santschi, 1915c: 256 (w.) GABON.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Gabon: (no further data) (F. Faure).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 887; Emery, 1924d: 225.
- Junior synonym of foreli: Bolton, 1981a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81 (page 67, senior synonym of hartwigi and pusillus)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 15, replacement name for Dicroaspis emeryi Forel.)
- Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 51, junior secondary homonym of Calyptomyrmex emeryi Forel)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81.
- Emery C. 1915. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 10: 3-26.
- Finzi B. 1939. Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14: 153-168.
- Forel A. 1910. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 29: 243-274.
- Madl M. 2019. Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 9-18.
- Santschi F. 1913. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 302-314.
- Santschi F. 1915. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 244-282.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004