Crematogaster auberti nigripes

Crematogaster auberti nigripes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. auberti
Subspecies:	C. auberti nigripes
Trinomial name
Crematogaster auberti nigripes Menozzi, 1940

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.765° to 28.333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel, Libya (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.

• nigripes. Crematogaster auberti var. nigripes Santschi, 1937e: 312 (in key).
  • [First available use of Crematogaster auberti subsp. antaris var. nigripes Emery, 1924a: 9 (w.) LIBYA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-localities: 2 workers Libya: Cyrenaica, Derna (E. Festa), 2 workers Libya: Cyrenaica, Uadi Menegrate, nr Merg (F. Silvestri).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1926: 2; Menozzi, 1927g: 379; Kutter, 1928: 66; Menozzi, 1934: 159; Finzi, 1936: 174; Santschi, 1938a: 38.
  • Subspecies of auberti: Menozzi, 1940: 268; Bolton, 1995b: 158; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42.
  • Distribution: Egypt, Israel, Libya.

References

• Menozzi, C. 1940a. Contributo alla fauna della Tripolitania. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. Fac. Agrar. Portici 31: 244-273 (page 268, worker described)