Crematogaster castanea rufonigra

Crematogaster castanea rufonigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. castanea
Subspecies:	C. castanea rufonigra
Trinomial name
Crematogaster castanea rufonigra Emery, 1895

The description of this subspecies (see below) is accompanied by remarks stating this species built carton nests on trees.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.4304366° to -32.48333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

• rufonigra. Crematogaster tricolor subsp. rufonigra Emery, 1895h: 27 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Hebron, Hamman’s Kraal, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Arnold, 1920a: 492 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146.
  • Subspecies of tricolor: Forel, 1907a: 22; Forel, 1907g: 80; Forel, 1910f: 6; Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Forel, 1913a: 124; Forel, 1913h: 352; Santschi, 1914b: 86; Santschi, 1914d: 342.
  • Subspecies of castanea: Santschi, 1916b: 502; Arnold, 1920a: 492; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 833; Emery, 1922e: 146; Prins, 1963: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 161.
  • Distribution: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Emery 1895i, page 27.

References

• Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 492, queen, male described)
• Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 64: 15-56 (page 27, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 146, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Santschi, F. 1916b [1915]. Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 497-513 (page 502, Stirps of castanea)