Crematogaster bequaerti gerardi
Crematogaster bequaerti gerardi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | C. bequaerti |
Subspecies: | C. bequaerti gerardi |
Trinomial name | |
Crematogaster bequaerti gerardi Santschi, 1915 |
Identification
Distribution
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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Estimated Abundance
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- gerardi. Crematogaster bequaerti var. gerardi Santschi, 1915c: 252 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Kataki (Gérard).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 845.
- Subspecies of bequaerti: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 845; Emery, 1922e: 152; Santschi, 1928d: 66; Santschi, 1937a: 56 (in key); Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 153.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 252, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 845, Combination in C. (Sphaerocrema))
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