Crematogaster castanea inversa

Crematogaster castanea inversa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. castanea
Subspecies:	C. castanea inversa
Trinomial name
Crematogaster castanea inversa Forel, 1907

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality), Rwanda.

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.

• inversa. Crematogaster tricolor var. inversa Forel, 1907g: 81 (w.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Kenya (“E Africa”): Patta I. (A. Voeltzkow) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 833; no lectotype designated), Kenya (“E Africa”): Manda I. (A. Voeltzkow).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Emery, 1912c: 2 (q.m.); Santschi, 1930b: 69 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146.
  • Subspecies of tricolor: Forel, 1909b: 53; Forel, 1911f: 279; Emery, 1912c: 2; Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 86.
  • Subspecies of castanea: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 152, 833; Emery, 1922e: 146; Menozzi, 1933a: 103; Santschi, 1935b: 269; Bolton, 1995b: 155; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

References

• Emery, C. 1912c. Formiche raccolte durante i viaggi di S. A. R. la Duchessa Elena d'Aosta nella regione dei grandi laghi dell'Africa equatoriale. Annu. Mus. Zool. R. Univ. Napoli (n.s.)3(2 26: 1-2 (page 2, queen, male described)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 146, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wiss. Ergeb. Reise Ostafr. 2: 75-92 (page 81, worker described)
• Nsengimana, V., Hagenimana, T., Barakagwira, J., de Dieu Nsenganeza, J., Iradukunda, S. C., Majyambere, M., Kizungu, O. B., Nkundimana, A., Umutoni, D., Fabrice, R., Cyubahiro, B., Kouakou, L. M., Kolo, Y., Anale, J. S., Gómez, K., Dekoninck, W. 2023. Checklist of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Nyungwe Tropical Rain Forest, south-western Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2), 69-81 (doi:10.2982/028.111.0203).
• 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 tircolor)
• Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Rev. Suisse Zool. 37: 53-81 (page 69, queen, male described)
• Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Rev. Suisse Zool. 37: 53-81 (page 69, Stirps/subspecies of castanea)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 152, Stirps/subspecies of castanea)