Crematogaster chiarinii subsulcata

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Crematogaster chiarinii subsulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. chiarinii
Subspecies: C. chiarinii subsulcata
Trinomial name
Crematogaster chiarinii subsulcata
Santschi, 1914

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sudan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • subsulcata. Crematogaster chiarinii st. subsulcata Santschi, 1914a: 432 (w.) SUDAN.
    • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
    • [Note: Santschi cites only 2w syntypes, but Kostyuk, 1976: 96, cites 10w SIZK from the same series.]
    • Type-locality: Sudan (“Haute Egypte”): Khartoum (W. Karawaiew).
    • Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also SIZK).
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146.
    • Subspecies of chiarinii: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836; Emery, 1922e: 146; Viehmeyer, 1923: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 163.

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 432, worker described)