Crematogaster amita bushimana

Crematogaster amita bushimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. amita
Subspecies:	C. amita bushimana
Trinomial name
Crematogaster amita bushimana Santschi, 1926

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.

Nomenclature

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

• bushimana. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) amita var. bushimana Santschi, 1926b: 226 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Orange Free State, Bothaville (H. Brauns).
  • [Note: this taxon is based on C. kneri Mayr, sensu Arnold, 1920: 525, misidentification.]
  • Type-depository: SAMC.
  • Subspecies of amita: Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 226, worker, queen described)