Crematogaster castanea mediorufa

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.566667° to -32.48333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya.

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.

• mediorufa. Crematogaster tricolor var. mediorufa Forel, 1907g: 81 (footnote) (w.m.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Shilouvane (Junod).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Forel, 1913a: 124 (q.); Arnold, 1920a: 493 (w.q.m.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 86; Arnold, 1920a: 493; Emery, 1922e: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 834.
  • Subspecies of tricolor: Santschi, 1910c: 372; Forel, 1913a: 124; Stitz, 1923: 155.
  • Subspecies of castanea: Bolton, 1995b: 157; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa.

References

• Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 493, worker, queen, male described)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 157, Subspecies of castanea)
• Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wiss. Ergeb. Reise Ostafr. 2: 75-92 (page 81, (footnote) worker, male described)
• Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 124, queen described)