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Calyptomyrmex rennefer
| Calyptomyrmex rennefer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex |
| Species: | C. rennefer |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyptomyrmex rennefer Bolton, 1981
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality).
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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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rennefer. Calyptomyrmex rennefer Bolton, 1981a: 72, fig. 35 (w. ergatoid q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Democratic Republic of Congo (“Zaire”): Kivu, Terr. Lubero, riv. Lubero, 1780 m., 10.vi.1954, coll. Mus. Congo, tamisage de terreau (R.P.M.J. Celis); paratypes: 6 workers with same data, 2 workers Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, Kabare Nyakasiba, 2350 m., xii.1950, forêt de montagne, I.R.S.A.C.-Mus. Congo, récolté dans terreau, au Berlese (N. Leleup).
- Type-depositories: MRAC (holotype); BMNH. MCZC, MRAC, NHMB (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
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 72, fig. 35 worker, queen described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)