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Crematogaster castanea rufimembrum
| Crematogaster castanea rufimembrum | |
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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 rufimembrum |
| Trinomial name | |
| Crematogaster castanea rufimembrum Santschi, 1914 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.
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.
- rufimembrum. Crematogaster tricolor st. rufimembrum Santschi, 1914a: 431 (w.) TANZANIA.
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Khutu Steppe, 1912 (K. Schwarze) (received from Viehmeyer).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146.
- Subspecies of castanea: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 833; Emery, 1922e: 146; Santschi, 1926b: 214; Bolton, 1995b: 161.
- Distribution: Tanzania.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 146, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- Santschi, F. 1914a [1913]. Mélanges myrmecologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 429-437 (page 431, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 214, 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 833, Subspecies of castanea)