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Crematogaster africana alligatrix
| Crematogaster africana alligatrix | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. africana |
| Subspecies: | C. africana alligatrix |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster africana alligatrix Forel, 1911 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Nigeria (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- alligatrix. Crematogaster buchneri subsp. alligatrix Forel, 1911e: 271 (w.) NIGERIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Nigeria: Old Calabar (H.W. Bates).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, ZSBS.
- Combination in C. (Atopogyne): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 852.
- Subspecies of buchneri: Forel, 1911f: 278; Forel, 1913c: 352; Forel, 1913h: 351; Forel, 1915c: 338.
- Subspecies of depressa: Emery, 1922e: 154.
- Subspecies of africana: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 852; Bolton, 1995b: 147.
- Distribution: Nigeria.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285-312 (page 271, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 852, Combination in C. (Atopogyne), and subspecies of africana)