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Crematogaster ambigua
| Crematogaster ambigua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. ambigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster ambigua Santschi, 1926
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -2.716666667° to -2.716666667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (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.
- ambigua. Crematogaster (Atopogyne) ambigua Santschi, 1926b: 228 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Irebu, 30.xii.1920 (H. Schouteden).
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also MRAC).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 147.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 228, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Yanoviak S. P., B. L. Fisher, and A. Alonso. 2007. Arboreal ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a central African forest. African Journal of Ecology. 46(1): 60-66.