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Calyptomyrmex shasu
| Calyptomyrmex shasu | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex |
| Species: | C. shasu |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Burundi (type locality), Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.
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
Images from AntWeb
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| Holotype of Calyptomyrmex shasu. Worker. Specimen code casent0900990. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- shasu. Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981a: 73, fig. 38 (w.q.) BURUNDI, TANZANIA, UGANDA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 35 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype Burundi: Bujumbura,1977, no. 1 (A. Dejean); paratypes: 8 workers with same data, 3 workers Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Marangu, I.R.S.A.C.-Mus. Congo, 2400m., 20.ii.1956, (Mission Zoologique IRSAC en Afrique orientale P. Basilewski et N. Leleup) (J. & N. Leleup), 4 workers, 1 queen Uganda: E Ruwenzori, Kalengire, 2000 m., 14.i.1954, coll. Mus. Congo (R.P.M.J. Celis); 15 workers, 2 queens Uganda: E Ruwenzori, ruiss. Murusege, 2275 m., 25.i.1954, (coll. Mus Congo) (R.P.M.J. Celis), 2 workers Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, Terr. Lubero, route Kimbulu, 1830 m. (ravin), iv.1954, (coll. Mus. Congo) (R.P.M.J. Celis), 2 workers Kivu, T. Lubero, rés. For. Biena, 1800 m., 24.vii.1954, (coll. Mus. Congo), Berlese (R.P.M.J. Celis), 1 worker P.N.A., 30.i.-21.ii.1953, Massif Ruwenzori, Kalonge, 2060 m., Ruiss. Karambura, affl. Kataulenko, 2225-59 (P. Vanschuytbroeck & J. Kekenbosch).
- Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH. MCZC, MRAC, NHMB, SAMC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Distribution: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda.
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 73, fig. 38 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)
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.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection