Crematogaster acaciae generosa

Crematogaster acaciae generosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. acaciae
Subspecies:	C. acaciae generosa
Trinomial name
	Crematogaster acaciae generosa; Santschi, 1919

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

generosa. Crematogaster acaciae var. generosa Santschi, 1919a: 343 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Durban (G. Arnold).
- [Note: collector may be C.P. van der Merve.]
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 829.
- Subspecies of acaciae: Arnold, 1926: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
- Distribution: South Africa.

Sharaf et al. (2019) - This species represents a typical problematic taxon within the genus. The known distribution of C. acaciae and its three subspecies in the Afrotropics is patchy and there are some notable morphological differences between the infraspecific taxa. At present, it is likely that the taxonomic status of the involved taxa will change within the frame of a comprehensive revision of the Afrotropical fauna.

Description

References

Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 325-350 (page 343, worker, queen described)
Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S., Hita Garcia, F. 2019. Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys 898: 27–81 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.898.37531).