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Crematogaster bequaerti mutabilis
| Crematogaster bequaerti mutabilis | |
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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 mutabilis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster bequaerti mutabilis Santschi, 1914 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya (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.
- mutabilis. Crematogaster bequaerti var. mutabilis Santschi, 1914b: 93, fig. 12 (w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
- Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Lumbwa, Maü escarpment, 1900 m., st. no. 21, xii.1911 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel).
- 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: 57 (in key); Menozzi, 1942: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 158; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
- Distribution: Kenya.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 93, fig. 12 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))