Crematogaster alulai scrutans

Crematogaster alulai scrutans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. alulai
Subspecies:	C. alulai scrutans
Trinomial name
Crematogaster alulai scrutans Forel, 1910

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: 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.

Nomenclature

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

• scrutans. Crematogaster scrutans Forel, 1910c: 258 (w.) ERITREA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Note: Kostyuk, 1976: 96, cites 3w syntypes SIZK.]
  • Type-locality: Eritrea: Nefasit, 1906 (K. Escherich).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, SIZK.
  • [Misspelled as scutaris by Santschi, 1916b: 502.]
  • Menozzi, 1922a: 354 (q.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 144.
  • Status as species: Arnold, 1920a: 518.
  • Subspecies of alulai: Emery, 1915g: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 829; Menozzi, 1922a: 354; Emery, 1922e: 144; Finzi, 1939a: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 162; Madl, 2019: 15.
  • Distribution: Eritrea.

References

• Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 11, Subspecies of alulai)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 144, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Forel, A. 1910c. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 243-274 (page 258, worker described)
• Menozzi, C. 1922b. Miscellanea mirmecologica. [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 49[=(3)(9): 353-358 (page 354, queen 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 829, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))