Crematogaster castanea busschodtsi

Crematogaster castanea busschodtsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. castanea
Subspecies:	C. castanea busschodtsi
Trinomial name
	Crematogaster castanea busschodtsi; Emery, 1899

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -6° to -29.76667°.


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), Kenya.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

busschodtsi. Crematogaster tricolor var. busschodtsi Emery, 1899e: 487 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): Banana (F. Busschodts).
- Type-depository: MSNG (perhaps also MRHN).
- [Misspelled as busscholdsi by Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); as buschodtsi by Santschi, 1935a: 257.]
- Santschi, 1930a: 64 (q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Emery, 1922e: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 834.
- Subspecies of tricolor: Forel, 1907g: 80.
- Subspecies of castanea: Santschi, 1928d: 61; Santschi, 1930a: 64; Santschi, 1935a: 257; Santschi, 1937d: 227; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
- Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Zambia.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 487, worker described)
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 146, Combination in C.(Acrocoelia))
Santschi, F. 1928d. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (quatrième note). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 16: 54-69. (page 61, Stirps of castanea)
Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 70: 49-77 (page 64, queen, male described)