Crematogaster bequaerti atraplex

Crematogaster bequaerti atraplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. bequaerti
Subspecies:	C. bequaerti atraplex
Trinomial name
Crematogaster bequaerti atraplex Santschi, 1922

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.333333° to 4.333333°.

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.

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.

• atraplex. Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) bequaerti var. atraplex Santschi, in Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 155 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: 12 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Yakuluku (H.O. Lang & J.P. Chapin).
  • Type-depositories: MCZC, NHMB.
  • [Misspelled as atrapex by Santschi, 1928d: 66, Santschi, 1937a: 57 (in key).]
  • Subspecies of bequaerti: Santschi, 1928d: 66; Santschi, 1937a: 57 (in key); Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 148.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Santschi, F. 1922a. [Untitled. Descriptions of new Crematogaster taxa by Santschi.]. Pp. 153-158 in: Wheeler, W. M. Ants of the American Museum Congo Expedition. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. (page 155, worker described)