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Crematogaster constructor
| Crematogaster constructor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crematogaster |
| Species: | C. constructor |
| Binomial name | |
| Crematogaster constructor Emery, 1895
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Nothing is known about the biology of Crematogaster constructor.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -19.55° to -25.43333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
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.
- constructor. Crematogaster constructor Emery, 1895h: 29, pl. 2, figs. 12, 13 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA (date of publication 16.viii.1895).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Hamman’s Kraal, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- [Also described as new by Emery, in Mayr, 1895: 135 (in key and footnote) (date of publication (31.xii).1895).]
- 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: Arnold, 1920a: 535; Emery, 1922e: 146; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836; Arnold, 1947: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 151.
- Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus kirbyella.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 64:15-56. (page 29, pl. 2, figs. 12, 13 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. (Acrocoelia))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1920. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 403-578.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- 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