Crematogaster castanea ferruginea

Crematogaster castanea ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. castanea
Subspecies:	C. castanea ferruginea
Trinomial name
Crematogaster castanea ferruginea Forel, 1892

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 7.28° to 4.5°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.

• ferruginea. Crematogaster ferruginea Forel, 1892e: 353 (w.) SOMALIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Somalia: (no further data), viii.-ix.1891 (Prinz. Ruspoli Expd.) (C. Keller).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 81; Emery, 1895a: 178; Emery 1897e: 598; Mayr, 1907b: 15; Forel 1910c: 258.
  • Subspecies of tricolor: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 86; Santschi, 1914e: 22.
  • Subspecies of castanea: Emery, 1915g: 12; Arnold, 1920a: 495; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 831; Emery, 1922e: 145; Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1927f: 357; Menozzi, 1930b: 107 (in key); Santschi, 1935b: 269; Finzi, 1939a: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 152; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210; Madl, 2019: 15.
  • Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

References

• Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 12, Stirps/subspecies of castanea)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 145, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Forel, A. 1892e. Liste der aus dem Somaliland von Hrn. Prof. Dr. Conr. Keller aus der Expedition des Prinzen Ruspoli im August und September 1891 zurückgebrachten Ameisen. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 8: 349-354 (page 353, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1913a [1912]. Cremastogaster du groupe tricolor-Menileki (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1912: 411-414 (page 413, Stirps/subspecies of tricolor (in key))
• 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 86, Stirps/subspecies of tricolor)
• Santschi, F. 1935b. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Sci. Omo 2: 255-277 (page 269, Stirps/subspecies of castanea)
• 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 831, Stirps/subspecies of castanea)