Calyptomyrmex shasu

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Calyptomyrmex shasu
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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Specimen Labels

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

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Holotype of Calyptomyrmex shasuWorker. 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

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