Crematogaster bequaerti modica

Crematogaster bequaerti modica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. bequaerti
Subspecies:	C. bequaerti modica
Trinomial name
Crematogaster bequaerti modica Santschi, 1926
Synonyms
Crematogaster bequaerti saga Santschi, 1937

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 0.31667° to 0.31667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Uganda (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.

• modica. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) modica Santschi, 1926b: 222, fig. 2D (w.) UGANDA.
  • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Uganda: nr Kampala (H. Hargreaves) (received from Arnold).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1926b: 228.
  • Subspecies of bequaerti: Santschi, 1937g: 77; Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 158; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
  • Senior synonym of saga: Santschi, 1937g: 77; Bolton, 1995b: 158.
  • Distribution: Kenya, Uganda.
• saga. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) bequaerti var. saga Santschi, 1937a: 56 (w.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Kenya: no. 2 (no further data) (received from Donisthorpe).
  • Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also BMNH).
  • Junior synonym of modica: Santschi, 1937g: 77; Bolton, 1995b: 161.

References

• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 222, fig. 2D worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1937g. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 30: 71-85 (page 77, Variety of bequaerti, and senior synonym of saga)