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Crematogaster amita caffra
| Crematogaster amita caffra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. amita |
| Subspecies: | C. amita caffra |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster amita caffra Santschi, 1926 | |
Identification
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. |
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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.
- caffra. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) amita var. caffra Santschi, 1926b: 226.
- [First available use of Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) kneri st. amita var. caffra Santschi, in Forel, 1922: 94 (footnote) (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, in stomach of a pangolin (Manis) (no collector’s name)..
- [Note: Santschi (in Forel) implies that this taxon is the same as C. kneri Mayr, sensu Arnold, 1920a: 525; the locality for Arnold’s material is South Africa: Orange Free State, Bothaville (H. Brauns).]
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of amita: Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 226, worker, queen, male described)