Crematogaster cicatriculosa

Crematogaster cicatriculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	C. cicatriculosa
Binomial name
Crematogaster cicatriculosa Roger, 1863

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa (type locality).

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.

• cicatriculosa. Crematogaster cicatriculosa Roger, 1863a: 207 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: South Africa: (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • Mayr, 1866b: 901 (q.).
  • Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836;
  • combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 146;
  • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
  • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 37; Mayr, 1866b: 901; Dalla Torre, 1893: 80; Emery, 1922e: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836; Bolton, 1995b: 150.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 146, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
• Mayr, G. 1866b. Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 16: 885-908 (page 901, queen described)
• Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 207, worker described)
• 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 836, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Soulié J., and L. D. Dicko. 1965. La répartition des genres de fourmis de la tribu des "Cremastogastrini" dans la faune éthiopienne et malgache. Hymenoptera - Formicoidea - Myrmicidae. Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. Sci. 1: 85-106.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004