Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta

Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. aegyptiaca
Subspecies:	C. aegyptiaca robusta
Trinomial name
	Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta; Emery, 1877

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 15.766667° to 15.766667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia (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.

robusta. Crematogaster robusta Emery, 1877b: 379 (q.m.) ERITREA.
- Type-material: syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Eritrea: Keren (O. Beccari).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Emery, 1915g: 10 (w.).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 144.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1915g: 10; Emery, 1922e: 144; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 828; Viehmeyer, 1923: 90; Finzi, 1939a: 163; Soulié, 1964: 398.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 85.
- Subspecies of aegyptiaca: Bolton, 1995b: 161; Madl, 2019: 15.
- Distribution: Eritrea, Sudan.

Sharaf et al. (2019): The taxonomic condition of this species is relatively unclear due to the absence of any revisions in the regions in question, and we cannot predict the taxonomic status of C. aegyptiaca and its subspecies after being revised.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1877c. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte prima. Formiche provenienti dal Viaggio dei signori Antinori, Beccari e Issel nel Mar Rosso e nel paese dei Bogos. [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 9 (page 379, queen, male described)
Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 10, Variety of aegyptiaca)
Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 10, worker described)
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 144, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
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).