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Crematogaster castanea aquila
| Crematogaster castanea aquila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. castanea |
| Subspecies: | C. castanea aquila |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster castanea aquila Forel, 1907 | |
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.
- aquila. Crematogaster ferruginea var. aquila Forel, 1907c: 139 (w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): S of Lake Rudolph (= Lake Turkana), 1905 (M. de Rothschild).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Santschi, 1914b: 87 (m.).
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 87; Emery, 1922e: 145; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 831; Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1930b: 107 (in key).
- Subspecies of castanea: Bolton, 1995b: 147; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
- Distribution: Kenya, Somalia.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 147, Subspecies of castanea)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 145, Combination in D. (Acrocoelia))
- Forel, A. 1907f. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26: 129-144 (page 139, worker described)
- 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 87, male described)