Crematogaster castanea hararica

Crematogaster castanea hararica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. castanea
Subspecies:	C. castanea hararica
Trinomial name
	Crematogaster castanea hararica; Forel, 1894

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

hararica. Crematogaster ferruginea var. hararica Forel, 1894b: 97 (w.) ETHIOPIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Ethiopia (“S Abyssinia”): Harar (A. Ilg).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as harrarica by Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key), Emery, 1922e: 145.]
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Emery, 1915g: 4; Emery, 1922e: 145; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 832; Finzi, 1939a: 164.
- Subspecies of ferruginea: Mayr, 1907b: 15.
- Subspecies of castanea: Bolton, 1995b: 154; Madl, 2019: 15.
- Distribution: Eritrea, Ethiopia.

Description

References

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 154, 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. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 64-100. (page 97, worker described)