Crematogaster castanea ulugurensis

Crematogaster castanea ulugurensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. castanea
Subspecies:	C. castanea ulugurensis
Trinomial name
Crematogaster castanea ulugurensis Forel, 1911

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -1.28333° to -6.81666°.

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.

• ulugurensis. Crematogaster ferruginea var. ulugurensis Forel, 1911d: 369 (w.) TANZANIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale ”): Uluguru Mts (Zimmer) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 832; no lectotype designated), Tanzania: Morogoro (Zimmer).]
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [Misspelled as uluguvensis by Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key).]
  • Santschi, 1914b: 86 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 145.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1913a: 413 (in key); Santschi, 1914b: 86; Emery, 1922e: 145; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 832.
  • Subspecies of castanea: Bolton, 1995b: 164; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 210.
  • Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 164, 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. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 369, worker described)
• 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, queen, male described)